How To Be A Better Boss 

Here's how managers can keep morale high, improve employee performance, and promote trust, according to Business Week. 

  • Let employees know how they are doing. Schedule at least two performance reviews each year. Keep employees upbeat, setting goals you want them to reach and skills you want them to acquire. Be involved in employee development.
  • Be fair. Don't have favorites and treat some better than others. Develop trust and you will have more enthusiastic people.
  • Back them up. If a plan or program you initiated doesn't work, take part of the responsibility. Don't lay it off on those who couldn't make it work.
  • Give special rewards to those who have performed outstandingly. Make the reward fit the deed or performance. It will be motivating, not only for the one who received it, but for others who know they could be rewarded for an outstanding accomplishment.
  • Work on problems calmly and in a business-like manner. Attack the problem, not the individual involved.
  • Tell the truth about the business' circumstances. Work diligently if you expect your people to do the same. Always show honesty and integrity. When you do these things, you are on your way to becoming a great leader. 

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