The Newsletter dedicated to Managers and Business Owners

The Presentation: Your 2 minutes to spread Success

How can you spread success in two minutes or less?

Not by following some expert’s rules or following the herd, but by doing it in a way that works…for you.

Don’t worry about someone else’s invented standards for managing employees.

Invent your own.

Avoid obvious mistakes, but don’t always follow obvious successes.

Find your own voice.

Set yourself apart from other managers and make a real impact.

Understand that your entire success relies on your ability to hire and motivate the right team.

• Steve Jobs (Apple) is no one without his designers.
• Bill Gates (Microsoft) is no one without his developers.
• Donald Trump (Half of New York City) is no one without his architects.
• You (Awesome Manager) are no one without your “peeps”!

If your success rides on your team, how much time are you devoting to “raising them right”.

How about two minutes?
In two minutes you can have a serious impact on a team member.

How?

I thought you would never ask.The moment that you recognize a team member for an accomplishment is everything.That one moment can have everlasting or never-lasting value depending on how you do it.   If you make a big deal out of the moment of the recognition, it will have one hundred times the impact of the recognition itself.

For example, John (the team member) has been working extra hard to get noticed by management. He has stayed longer, been on time everyday, and he has been doing all he can to add to the revenue of the store.

Mary (the manager) has noticed John’s effort and has decided to recognize him for his contribution.
Two things can happen here:

Scenario 1: Mary decides John is this month’s recipient of the Team Member of the Month award. She pulls John to the side and hands him the plaque. She says “thank you”, and they go back to work.

Scenario 2: Mary decides John is her man this month and decides to honor him in the next team meeting. In front of all his peers, John is boasted as the example of what they need to make their store excellent.

Mary points out specific things that John has done, and John checks them off in his own head. He is amazed that Mary has noticed his specific efforts and he has an overwhelming sense of accomplishment and contribution.

He has been craving something to put all his passion and energy into, and Mary noticed. John is fulfilled and elated.

Now the other members know exactly what is expected for achievement and they’re ready to work for someone that notices their extra efforts.

2 minutes.

That’s all it takes to help and guide someone to be excellent.

Josh Long