Profitable Enthusiasm

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Employee happiness will make or break your business

Make time to ensure your team are enthusiastic about your business

The performance of your people will determine your business success

Because you care about your business, make sure you care about your employees

Here’s how the performance of your team determines your business success or failure

How much more profit could you earn if your business were full of enthusiastic people?

Stop lost profits by tapping into the natural enthusiasm and motivation of your people...

How much profit are you losing because your people are less enthusiastic than you’d like them to be?

What happens to your business success when you make the enthusiasm of your team a top priority?

Against all the odds Ed Finn and his team delivered, ensure your team have the same level of enthusiasm for the work they do

Because failure was not an option to Ed Finn, his team’s enthusiasm ensured business success, inspire the same in your business

Here is a great story of what can be achieved by an enthusiastic workforce.

What happens when you get the same commitment from your team as Ed Finn did from his?

Build the enthusiasm of your team and you build success just like Ed Finn did…

What happens when you let the disenchantment of your team win in your business?

Because your business matters don’t allow disenchantment through the door

Your business will suffer if your team are disenchanted

Be part of the 14% and not part of the 86% of businesses

Time to avoid a loss of enthusiasm in your business and be part of the 14% that wins

Join the ranks of the top 14% of businesses by having an enthusiastic team

Start using the natural enthusiasm of your team to bring your business success
How to have an enthusiastic team…

Your business will benefit from the power of 3 when building enthusiasm within your team

Use the 3 sources of enthusiasm to build the enthusiasm of your team

Use the 3 sources of enthusiasm and enjoy a big pay-off for your business

What happens when you implement the 3 sources of enthusiasm in your business

Build and maintain an enthusiastic team with just 3 things

What 3 things can help you change the level of enthusiasm within your team

Be enthusiastic about 3 things and your team will be enthusiastic about your business

When your team are enthusiastic about your business, your business will be a better place to work

3 is the magic number when it comes to the future success of your business.

If you treat your people with fairness, they will be part of your business success

Grow your business by being fair to the people within it

Provide safety and security for your people by being fair and watch your business flourish

Because you care about your business, you need to care about your team, be fair to your people and the impact on your business will be great

How to make your business grow when you build a sense of fairness within your team

What happens to the way your team approach their work when you build a sense of fairness into everything you do

Watch the enthusiasm of your team build when you build a sense of fairness

If there’s unfairness in your business your people will be demotivated…

What happens when you start acknowledging the success of your team

Because your team matter to you, make time to show them the business success they bring

Reward your team and the rewards for your business will follow

Make time to thank your team for their hard work, remember without them you would not have a business

When was the last time you rewarded your team for their effort to bring you business success?

Acknowledge and appreciate your team – when was the last time you did this?

How to get an enthusiastic workforce with acknowledgement of the work they do

Motivate your team to greatness by taking time to notice their hard work

Why risk the success of your business by not taking the time to say thank you to your team?

How to focus on the enthusiasm of your team to boost the profits of your business

Your business will fail if you do not create an environment for enthusiastic employees

When you build and maintain the enthusiasm of your team, you build and maintain a successful business

Focus on the things that matter and build and maintain the enthusiasm in your team…

Start owning the levels of enthusiasm in your team

Watch your profits build when you build the enthusiasm of your team

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1) The success of your business relies heavily on the performance of your team. If they underperform then so will your business. Click here to learn that employee satisfaction is key in your business, if your employees are not satisfied with their job, they will lack enthusiasm for the business they are working for - your business…

2) As a leader YOU determine your team’s level of enthusiasm. And without enthusiasm for the work they do, your people will be a major source of stress and strain to you that can be prevented. So, how satisfied are your team? Click here to learn that when your people feel engaged with the work they are doing and satisfied with their position, they will feel a greater connection with your business and greater commitment to their job.

3) When it comes to your business reaching its full potential, the enthusiasm and commitment of your team is paramount. Click here to discover that if want your business to be truly exceptional you need to have gold standard, exceptional employees.

4) How do you create an enthusiastic team - this is up to you as the business leader. But what is enthusiasm and how can it benefit your business? Click here to learn more.

5) You can easily identify the people in your business who are openly difficult, uncooperative and allergic to work. Luckily, in most businesses, they are few and far between. But, what about the ‘walking indifferent’ who silently kill the enthusiastic culture and high-performance in your business? Do you know who they are? Click here to learn the effect that these people can have on the overall success of your business.

6) Most people are naturally enthusiastic when starting a new job. However, extensive research shows that only 14% of businesses avoid this loss in enthusiasm within 6 months of starting work and the other 86% of businesses crush the newly recruited enthusiasm within 6 months! Click here to learn what 86% of businesses are doing wrong and learn how to prevent this drop in enthusiasm in your team.

7) You know you get the most out of your people and your team as a whole when they are enthusiastic about the work they are doing and believe wholeheartedly in your business. You also know an enthusiastic and well-motivated team will always out-produce and outperform an average team, so why is an enthusiastic workforce the exception rather than the rule? Click here to learn more.

8) Most people are both enthusiastic and well-motivated when they start a new job, but research has demonstrated that 86% of businesses lose the enthusiasm of their people within the first 6 months of starting their job! Why is this? Click here to learn more.

9) If you are struggling with the enthusiasm of your team then use the 3 sources of enthusiasm to help. Remember – as a leader you determine your team’s level of enthusiasm. Click here to learn more.

10) Ask your team, nothing will matter more than being treated fairly for the work they do, this comes from job security, pay and the respect and appreciation you as the employer show them. If you want high levels of enthusiasm in your team, all 3 fairness goals must feature, job security, fair pay and respect. Click here to learn the importance of fairness to the success of your team and your business.

11) When starting a new job people do not want to come to work to lose, they come to win – feeling pride in the work you do is a source of winning. Your people want to be proud of their work, the work that makes your business a success. Click here to learn why this is so important to your bottom line.

12) Your team is your greatest asset, they are responsible for the success of your business. And remember you, as the business leader, determine your team’s level of enthusiasm. Click here to learn the six primary sources of long-lasting achievement and how to use them in your business.

13) If you believe that the levels of enthusiasm and commitment in your team are ‘hard-wired’ then you’re missing out on greater results for your business. 14% of businesses have achieved high levels of enthusiasm and reap the rewards from this, thanks to better staff retention, stronger customer satisfaction, greater team spirit and greater innovation. Click here to learn how to be part of the 14%.

14) Your job is to start obsessing about the enthusiasm of your team. There are enough stresses and strains to running a business, so why not take full responsibility for something you have complete control over – the level of enthusiasm of your team! Click here to learn more.

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4) How do you create an enthusiastic team - this is up to you as the business leader. But what is enthusiasm and how can it benefit your business? Click here to learn more.

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BLOG 1 - The success of your business depends on the performance of your people...

The success of your business relies heavily on the performance of your team. If they underperform then so will your business.

Employee satisfaction is key in any business, and when employees are not satisfied with their job, they lack enthusiasm about the day to day work they are doing and therefore lack enthusiasm for the business they are working for - your business…

As a leader YOU determine your team’s level of enthusiasm. And without enthusiasm for the work they do, your people will be a major source of stress and strain to you that can be prevented.

So, how satisfied are your team?

When your people feel engaged with the work they are doing and satisfied with their position, they will feel a greater connection with your business and greater commitment to their job.

What if you could have a team who displayed a high level of commitment and enthusiasm, what a shot in the arm this would be and how much less stressful would this be for you and your business?

Click here to learn how to create an environment for enthusiastic employees.

BLOG 2 – Ensure your business success by building the enthusiasm of your team

When it comes to your business reaching its full potential, the enthusiasm and commitment of your team is paramount.

If you want your business to be truly exceptional you need to have gold standard, exceptional employees.

How you achieve this is up to you as the business leader and your people’s level of enthusiasm is up to you also.

So, what is enthusiasm and how can it benefit your business?

Enthusiasm is best described as a positive energy, keenness and passion that exists within your team and therefore within your business. It is a motivated mindset, in which your team are always wanting to go the extra mile, rise to the challenge when there are setbacks, always wanting to learn and always have the best interests of your business at heart.

With this positive energy, your business becomes a good place to work and your profits will grow as a result.

Here’s a great story of what can be achieved by an enthusiastic workforce.

Barron’s Magazines are an ordinary magazine publisher, who publish a monthly magazine, they published their magazine as normal on September 14^th, 2001.

You’re probably thinking that there is nothing remarkable about this, but consider that their offices had been demolished 3 days earlier on 11^th September – their offices were next to the Twin Towers in New York.

The managing editor at the time was Ed Finn, who commented:

“the idea of not publishing never even came up; the only question any employee asked was how the team would accomplish it.”

Ed Finn and his team at Barron’s, were driven and motivated to get their work done, despite the adversity. The team were completely committed to getting their magazine published.

Click here to learn how to build and maintain the ‘Ed Finn’ level of enthusiasm within your team and ease the stress on you and your business.

BLOG 3 – Don’t let employee disenchantment spread through your business

You can easily identify the people in your business who are openly difficult, uncooperative and allergic to work. Luckily, in most businesses, they are few and far between.

But what about the ‘walking indifferent’ who silently kill the enthusiastic culture and high-performance in your business? Do you know who they are?

They are normal people with reasonable employee needs that have only been marginally met.

As a result, they have become disenchanted.

As a result, they will only give you (the employer) a mere fraction of what they are capable of contributing.

As a result, you will do more whilst they do less!

These people if unchecked can spread disenchantment throughout your team and business like a virus.

But they did not start off like this…

Most people are naturally enthusiastic when starting a new job.

However, extensive research by ‘The Sirota Group’ shows that only 14% of businesses avoid this loss in enthusiasm within 6 months of starting work and the other 86% of businesses crush the newly recruited enthusiasm within 6 months!

So, what are the 86% of businesses doing wrong when it comes to maintaining and building enthusiasm within their team and what can we all learn from the 14% who are obviously doing it right?

Click here to avoid these same mistakes with your team and you join the ranks of the top 14% of businesses.

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Use 3 sources of enthusiasm together to build an outstanding team

You know you get the most out of your people and your team as a whole when they are enthusiastic about the work they are doing and believe wholeheartedly in your business.

You also know an enthusiastic and well-motivated team will always out-produce and outperform an average team.

Written down this sounds blindingly obvious – but why is an enthusiastic workforce the exception rather than the rule?

Most people are both enthusiastic and well-motivated when they start a new job, but research has demonstrated that 86% of businesses lose the enthusiasm of their people within the first 6 months of starting their job!

A massive study of over 13 million employee surveys points the way…

This study shows that everyone starts out motivated – but then other things happen, or don't happen, that erode this natural enthusiasm of the workforce.

The research results are in the book ‘The Enthusiastic Employee’ by David Sirota. Sirota points to 3 sources of enthusiasm and it’s the businesses who fail to implement these 3 sources that fail to build a motivated and enthusiastic workforce and therefore fail to drive their businesses forwards to success.

The Sirota group called it the Three-Factor Theory – we will call them the 3 sources of enthusiasm.

To be treated fairly
To feel proud of their work and the business
To be part of a strong working community with a sense of camaraderie.

Sounds simple, but you know, like every manager knows, how tough it can be.

However, the impact of successfully satisfying all three of these core needs will deliver a massive pay-off for your business.

Click here to learn about the 3 sources of enthusiasm in more detail and how to implement all three successfully into your business.

BLOG 5 – Fair treatment is rule one when it comes creating enthusiasm in your team

Your team’s enthusiasm has a direct impact on their productivity and the success of your business.

In extensive research conducted by the Sirota Group they believed that the enthusiasm of any team as a measure of productivity and motivation, is central to a Three-Factor Theory (the 3 sources of enthusiasm).

The Sirota Group states “rather than believing you somehow have to motivate people to do work, this theory assumes that everyone starts out motivated – but then other things happen, or don't happen, that reduce this natural motivation”

If you are struggling with the enthusiasm of your team then use the 3 sources of enthusiasm to help.

Remember – as a leader you determine your team’s level of enthusiasm.

To rebuild your people’s enthusiasm, you, the business leader must create a working environment that builds high levels of fairness (equity), achievement, and camaraderie.

Fairness, what the Sirota Group calls ‘equity’ is a pre-requisite for enthusiasm. A sense of fair treatment comes from a blend of job security, fair pay and respect.

Here is the simple truth, equity - fair treatment - is the single greatest motivating factor.

Ask your team, nothing will matter more than being treated fairly for the work they do, this comes from job security, pay and the respect and appreciation you as the employer show them.

If you want high levels of enthusiasm in your team, all 3 fairness goals must feature, job security, fair pay and respect.

Click here to learn why a secure sense of fairness in your business is the foundation and the first step to building and maintaining profitable enthusiasm within your team.

BLOG 6 – Make the success of your team your greatest business achievement

When starting a new job people do not want to come to work to lose, they come to win – feeling pride in the work you do is a source of winning.

Your people want to be proud of their work, the work that makes your business a success.

Your people want their work to be acknowledged and appreciated and want to feel proud that they have been part of the overall success of your business.

They want to feel part of the team, have a sense of ownership and belonging.

How many times in the last 6 months have you rewarded your team, acknowledged their achievements, told them you appreciate the work they do and made them aware of the fact that your business is a success as a direct result?

David Sirota – author of the Enthusiastic Employee states:

“People want to feel good about what they do and for whom they do it, and, assuming the equity (fairness) needs are reasonably satisfied, pride is a major driver of performance and commitment.”

Sirota’s research points to six primary sources of long-lasting achievement:

The challenge of the work itself

Learning new skills

The ability to perform

The perceived importance of the employee’s job

The recognition received for performance – thanks and pay

Plus working for a company of which the employee can be proud

Your team is your greatest asset, they are responsible for the success of your business. And remember you, as the business leader, determine your team’s level of enthusiasm.

Click here to understand the positive effect your team can have when you recognise their work, achievements and commitment to your business

BLOG 7 – Avoid stress and hassle when you tap into the natural drive and enthusiasm in your people

If you believe that the levels of enthusiasm and commitment in your team are ‘hard-wired’ then you’re missing out on greater results for your business.

14% of businesses have achieved high levels of enthusiasm and reap the rewards from this, thanks to better staff retention, stronger customer satisfaction, greater team spirit and greater innovation.

But, still a whopping 86% of businesses fail to increase the morale of their team from low or moderate to high morale because the fail to put the 3 sources of enthusiasm to work in their businesses.

Your job as a business leader is to ensure you are part of the 14% not the 86%.

Your job is to start obsessing about the enthusiasm of your team.

There are enough stresses and strains to running a business, so why not take full responsibility for something you have complete control over – the level of enthusiasm of your team!

The Sirota Group framework is a great place to start, it is a common-sense framework to assess the source of conflict or difficulty and set about improving your skills, knowledge and performance on the 3 sources of enthusiasm.

Accept personal responsibility for the levels of enthusiasm in your team

Seek to improve your team’s sense of fairness – what can you do to foster a sense of job security, financial stability and respect?

Seek to improve your team’s sense of achievement – build a sense of pride using the 6 sources of achievement

Seek to improve your team’s sense of camaraderie – what can you do to improve your skills at conflict resolution and partnership building?

Click here to focus on your management practices that build and maintain the 3 sources of enthusiasm in your team and build the success of your business.

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