92% of managers say they're doing an "excellent" or "good" job managing employees; only 67% of workers agree.

--Rasmussen Reports LLC for Hudson, October 2006

 

 

Executives say their managers spend an average of 7 hours or more a week sorting out personality conflicts among staff members.

--Accountemps, October 2006

 

 

33% of management and 43% of non-management employees think their companies are not doing enough to deal with poor performers.

--Sirota Survey Intelligence, July 2006

   

Management & Leadership

Managing employees is consistently cited as one of the most difficult aspects of running a small business. People are consistently inconsistent, so ensuring consistency in service and performance is challenging. In fact, we believe that the single most difficult part of anyone’s job – whether they are a business owner or a low-level employee – is dealing with other people.

Did you know:

The average American worker wastes 2 hours and 5 minutes a day, which cumulatively adds up to $759 billion a year in lost productivity

Top time-wasting activities include:

  • Personal Internet Use including emailing
  • Socializing with co-workers
  • Conducting personal business
  • Spacing out
  • Running errands

Top reasons for wasting time:

  • Don't have enough work to do
  • Underpaid for the work I do
  • Co-workers distract me
  • Not enough evening or weekend time
  • Other

Are your employees making your job harder and providing
a low return on investment?

Let us help you institute a management and leadership program, which will clearly establish expectations of each employee, a Return on Investment (ROI) equation for key employees, and the tools you need to get things done within your organization.

We can help business owners who want to:

  • Have a team of motivated and engaged employees
  • Have employees who work harder, faster and smarter
  • Minimize distracting employee complaints and expensive absenteeism

Contact us today for more information about our Management & Leadership services at 310.453.7008.

Note: Swell Strategies does not provide HR, legal, staffing or payroll services, but we do have a number of partner firms with whom we work, and will be happy to work with you to establish a relationship with the firm that has your best interests at heart.

 

 

       

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