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Leading people to deliver performance that will create an organization achieve its objectives, requiring the correct attitude of a leader. In managing the performance of employees / staff, leaders must be insistent, persistent and consistent.

Is insistent, it means the leader must demand a minimum standard of performance. By demanding a minimum standard, the boundary between acceptable view that can not be accepted to be clear. If the leader is insistent, then the employees / staff will set their own behavior. The Standard is required must include business performance indicators, not only as the level of security or safety course.

Leaders must also be persistent. If leaders only demanded the fulfillment of standards when something goes wrong, or for any reason then they are a concern, then the employee will realize that there is actually no standard of performance. They will not adjust their behavior than their own beliefs about what is right and wrong. A collection of such employees will be hard to be managed, and the leader will usually complain about how the company culture to prevent the achievement of goals.

Leaders must provide appropriate targets, which will make employees give their best, and then provide feedback and coaching when the target is not reached or standards have been violated.

Leaders must also be consistent. Even that did not reach target are those who had had a good performance, the leader must still provide the same treatment. On the other hand, if an employee during its performance is poor, has to make changes and strive to meet targets and ensure there are no standards are violated, this is not a reason to do a “wild celebration” or the opposite of indifference. When it was time to give the same respect that should be the leader if there are employees who show such behavior.

Manage performance of employees / staff is not only concerned with their behavior, but also deals with the behavior of the leader.

Then how do I attract customers? There may be a good idea to contact some of your contacts from both the school / college, start a blog and put ads there, put an ad in a certain daily newspaper. Spread brochures to schools, institutions, or companies. You can also put up flyers in stores, food stalls, the walls of public announcements, and so on. Create a necessity, people will not need if you are not advertise it.

When you get a good response, it is not likely you will be able to provide business opportunities for your colleagues who also are experiencing the same problem with you. For that, create a network so it will be very beneficial for you and your colleagues. This simple example, suppose you are asked to give lessons in the hours that conflict with your schedule, then you can mengoperkannya available to colleagues who at that time. Thus, with the prior agreement of course, you can get a fee from your partner. That means as a sort of mutually beneficial cooperation or symbiosis mutualism as a term in the field of Biology. But it would be great if thinking like this; remember a wise message; reap what you plant.

If you have a network that not only mastered the field of teaching is similar to the skills you are good, then you can also benefit from such things. What article? Simply this, if you do not have French language skills, while you know someone who is able to master these skills, then you can put it in the media that you distribute brochures earlier. Once again of course, with confirmation in advance with your coworkers it. So any time there is a need tentor French language, you can throw it to someone you know it.

This private course of business is more focused on your confidence to always look convincing as a professional. The mind must remain open to get some experience and new knowledge. Like any other service sector businesses, the service you provide is everything. It could also be a special ad for you as a satisfied customer will recommend you to their acquaintances. In addition, always think positive because the air with it, you will smoothly communicate with your customers.

If you intend to continue with your efforts, it would be very good because you will open up jobs for some people. You can hire professionals in their respective fields and also contribute to the tax revenue that even the slightest. Your efforts must also be registered with the permissions on the relevant Department.

That is one opportunity you can do in order to survive or have a side business in times of crisis that seems to stand still overshadow this beloved country. There are certainly many opportunities that you can do. To be sure, never give up. Good luck and good luck.

HOW manage EMPLOYEES / STAFF

According to Kevin Dwyer, founder of Change Factory – a change management consulting firm, to manage performance of employees / staff you need technique and attitude. The first technique is to establish “standards of performance”. This is the minimum standard where one should not not have to achieve it. No one employee / staff may not ever achieve this standard without having to follow the counseling. Standards of performance include such things as personal safety and team level (team & personal safety), honesty and level of attendance. Standards of performance should also include measures that directly relate well with the work of someone on an individual basis (individual work roles) and also the goals of the organization (Organization goal). Reply minimum standards of performance should be set for parameters such as the completion of the project, the level of sales, costs, or the level of quality. By not setting the parameters as above, is tantamount to saying to the employees / staff you that his responsibility was to come to work, do not endanger the safety of themselves or colleagues, and not steal.

• The second technique related to that described above, which set targets for each employee / staff. This target is agreed upon for the same parameters or further elaboration of the parameters that have been established as the standard of performance above. Targets are set based on actual competency or competencies expected of an employee. For example, a sales trainee is not expected to produce a level of sales as a senior sales. However, somehow they are expected to sell. If they can not do that, then they should consider another profession.

• The third technique is to provide feedback and coaching to improve performance. Feedback should be done immediately, while the standard set is violated or the target is not reached. Feedback must be specific and must be communicated in a language that matches the receiver feedback. Coaching conducted among others by asking questions, using independent data and express their weaknesses / shortcomings employees clearly. Employees may also be asked to honestly assess their own performance and compare it with the level of performance they want to achieve. Moreover, coaching also have to generate the commitment of employees / staff you about what they are ready for change, support what they need to make that change, and time period to make the changes referred to.

Many people are struggling to learn how to provide feedback and coaching, when they become leaders. However, the technique is not enough.

The discovery of vast reserves of shale gas in north-west England have business owners in the UK who consume large amounts of gas hopeful that this will mean lower business gas prices. Sure, a huge field of natural gas is exciting, it is certain to bring many new jobs to north-west England but there is a huge price to pay for extracting shale gas.

The United States is having a great deal of trouble with protesters who are pointing to water wells damaged by hydraulic fracturing, known as “fracking” , the process by which the gas is unlocked from shale rock. The process of drilling a well for shale gas involves pumping in millions of gallons of water, sand and chemicals under high pressure at the shale rock to break it apart and allow the gas to be captured.. Several states have already banned fracking, alarmed by residents of other states who are literally able to ignite the water coming out of their kitchen spigots because it is contaminated with chemicals.

The UK needs natural gas. The North Sea reserves are dwindling and if business gas prices could be lowered and more jobs created, it would be a good thing. Perhaps one day we will have new gas tariffs, like green electricity tariffs where domestic and non-domestic customers could choose non-fracked gas for a premium price.