I just wanted to talk about how you can, in just one moment, get extra effort from your employees. You can get them to go the extra mile and consistently improve their performance.

You want to know the secret? It’s really not up to them. It’s up to you!

I challenge you to go around your business and see where your employees are working and what they’re doing. Go around with one focus and that is to look for what they’re doing right, what they’re doing well, and then acknowledge it. For example, tell them that you really appreciated the way they handled that customer situation or the way they processed an order, or maybe the way that they have kept their work area clean — or whatever it may be. You get the idea.

But the challenge that I’m throwing out to you today is to walk around your business and look at every employee and try to find the good things that they’re doing. Then the second step is to acknowledge it, to verbalize it such as, “Hey, I see what you’re doing here!”

It’s great and important to focus on what they’re doing right, well and good. Now this can be really challenging because for most of us, what we’re seeing all the time is what they’re not doing, what they’re doing wrong, the problems they have, and all those kind of things. But what I’m asking you to do over the next week is to every day get up from your desk and get away from your office. Go to where your employees are and acknowledge and look for the things that they’re doing right. Then, verbalize those right things to them. Don’t just think it in your own mind. Actually tell them and acknowledge them. Focus on what they’re doing well, what they’re doing right, and how great a job they are doing. You’ll be surprised how this changes the dynamic of your team and your employees. Have everybody in your organization do this as well!

Looking for the positive is something that we have to train our minds to do. But what we do here at Confidence Coach is we give you ideas, we give you processes and thoughts that help you get the greatest return out of your biggest investment (which is your employees — they are your “first” customer). Think about this and see how you can get the results that you want from your team.

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Remember, you have everything you need to be successful in your business with your employees right at your fingertips. All you need to do is to take action today.