Boost Employee Productivity
Kicking off your shoes while working relaxes you, helping you to have greater focus on the task at hand.
Back when I was a radio station sales manager, I implemented a policy called, After Two No Shoes For You. The typical day for a radio advertising account executive is spent visiting 25 or so businesses located all over the community. Your car becomes your office on wheels as you keep the insertion orders and production forms organized from visit to visit. By 2:00 P.M. your feet are throbbing as you head to the office to process the often 15 to 20 new sales. Quite frankly, your pooped right when your focus requires the most of you in-order to process each new order so that the ads will run correctly in the traffic system.
As a sales manager it was evident that I somehow needed to revive my staff to reduce potential errors in the the ad sales orders. What to do, what to do.
One day while retreating to my office following a morning sales meeting, the answer hit me just as I closed the door, walked to my desk and slipped off my shoes. Duh! An idea was born.
I am happy to say the results were so much better than I expected. Not only did my employees fall in love with the policy, production increased, the atmosphere in the office was lighter, a spirit of Team Work began to sprout – and mind you radio account executives are paid commission only, you are usually out for old number one. I’d say the results are a big deal.
To this day, when my thoughts wander back to these good old days, the majority of my thoughts are of moments in time from, After Two No Shoes For You.
What crazy way might you implement in your small business to boost employee productivity?
