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Time Tested Energizers
Time Tested Energizers
April 24, 2001
"Here are some time-tested ways to energize employees:
* Take employees from different levels and areas to lunch and ask what they would change in the organization and how they'd change it.
* Communicate all information to all employees all of the time.
* Encourage employees to improve one process, procedure, or aspect of their job every day.
* Encourage employees to set time aside each day to focus uninterrupted on their highest-priority tasks.
* Send a problem out to all employees and ask for their suggestions on how to solve it.
* Give employees permission to say 'yes' to customers and the resources to do so.
* Break down barriers between departments.
* Encourage employees to take chances and let them know that it's okay to fail in the process (Nelson, 1997, p.85)."
Reference: Nelson, B. (1997). 1001 ways to energize employees. New York: Workman Publishing Company.
What are you doing to energize the employees in your organization?
* 1001 Ways to Energize Employees is available on loan at the OSU Leadership Center. A listing of all the Leadership Center's resources is available on our website http://leadershipcenter.osu.edu/
Created: 2009-01-02, Updated: 2009-01-15
