How to Eliminate the "Dead Wood" in Your Staff

By Richard Moran

When you are running your own company, you will soon find that it is not all about sales and products, but it is also about good human resources and human resource management. If you want your company to do its best, you will need the best employees that you can come across. A company's employees are its most valuable asset and every business owner must have his or her employees working with them and with each other. It is important that you know how to get the best out of your staff if you are running your own business. The easiest way to get rid of the "dead wood" in your staff is by finding out which employees are doing the best for you and which ones are slacking on the job.

To find out which employees are doing the best work for you and which ones are not, you will have to get involved with them on a personal level. This will also help you to build a strong employee foundation. Employees respect a boss that shows interest for them on a personal level. When you start to know your employees on a personal level, you will be able to see which ones of them can envision themselves with your company in the future and which ones cannot. The ones that cannot see themselves staying with your company for a prolonged period of time may not necessarily be bad workers, but you may want to pay more mind to the employees that are interested in staying with your company. However, if an employee cannot see themselves staying with the company because they do not think they can grow there, you should evaluate them further. If they are a good employee, you should give them promotions and raises accordingly and they may decide to stay with your company. Keeping the best employees you have is a good step in getting rid of the "dead woods" on your staff. Also, giving promotions to the workers who are doing the best job for you may motivate the employees that are giving you second rate work. Of course, if you cannot motivate the employees who are giving you second rate work, you can continue to work on eliminating them from your staff.

Employee incentives are another good way to see who is doing what in your staff. If you can get a worker motivated with incentives, they will probably show some promise in the future. If you cannot get a particular worker motivated with incentive programs, they are going to be very hard to work with in the future. If an employee cannot be motivated with rewards, they may be one of the "dead woods" in your staff that you will not be sorry to lose. These are some of the simple things you can do to eliminate the "dead woods" in your staff. All of this starts with knowing your employees on a personal level. When you know these people that work for you on a personal level, it will be easier to see which employees are an asset to your company and which ones are just trying to get a paycheck from week to week.

Rich Moran is a consultant specializing in General Business, Print, Web, Hotel, and Marketing Consulting. He suggests you visit a consultant for your needs. With 20 years experience in marketing, internet and communications he now practices with http://www.Langohr-Foundation.de. You're invited to read more on the BLOG - http://langohrfoundation.wordpress.com/

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