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Ordinary People Part 1

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Managing your people is second in importance only to managing yourself. A manager is only as good as the people he has working for him, because a manager achieves his targets through his people. Nevertheless, a manager’s people will respond to proper treatment by a skilled manager. People work at their best when they are happy. .

The first thing a manager must do is create a good working environment. There are many ways to do this. It depends on too many things to mention them all here. However, we will have a look at a few. Help people to understand the importance of their work. It will go a long way towards improving their performance if they understand the importance of their efforts. A policy of internal promotions tied to an education and training scheme will encourage staff to go the extra mile. They will be able to see the possibilities for the future. It will create an environment where they will feel valued and appreciated as workers and as human beings. They will feel the extra effort that they put in will bring rewards.

If it is necessary to promote from outside make it clear that you had very good reasons for doing so. Do not approach the situation as if you were answering to your staff. Never forget that you are the boss.
Pay your people a fair salary/wage for a fair days work. No matter how happy people are with their achievements, education, promotions etc. if you do not pay them properly they will leave. Pay establishes a value for a person’s work and a measure by which they compare themselves to others inside and outside their workgroup or company. .
Do not keep secrets. Secrecy is the origin of rumour. If you keep secrets, your staff will fear the worst and this atmosphere of uncertainty is bad for the working environment you are trying to create. If there is a problem within the workgroup, company or marketplace tell them, they may even come up with a solution. .
Be friendly and businesslike. That is how the ideal management-staff relationship was described when I was starting out in retail. There is a lot to be said for this approach. They should not be afraid to bring problems to you when necessary, but not so familiar that discipline and respect are lost. Treat people as valued individuals not as a bunch of slaves. Make allowances for their individual likes and dislikes and their strengths and weaknesses. If they are falling behind in some way, tell them directly so that they know where they stand. Make sure that you agree to a solution and a timetable before the conversation ends. Do not walk around dropping hints and hope that they will understand and deal with it by themselves. Lead from the front. Be seen to work as hard as your team. Reward effort publicly. .
Think of your staff as a team. A team will have the right people in the right positions doing what they are good at. When you employed them, you gave them or should have given them, a job description. This outlines their responsibilities and duties. Make sure that they are living up to their responsibilities. If they are not then they are letting the rest of the team down. If they are not it is your responsibility to notice this and deal with it. Do not encourage your team to talk about each other. You do not want to propagate an environment where your people are looking over their shoulders and spying on each other. That would not help anyone.

Part 2 of this article is to be found in the business pages at: www.gerryonline .com

Ordinary People Part 1

Do you know someone with a perennial dark cloud over his or her head? You're thinking: ?I want to avoid negative people, not waste my time helping them out.? What if this person is a family member, or loved one, who has turned bitter for some reason? You care deeply for this person and want to help.

Helping people is an example of selfless service, without seeking a reward of any kind. We also know this as Karma Yoga. Mahatma Gandhi is a classic example of a Karma Yoga practitioner.

However, how many of us can be as kind, or as enlightened, as Mahatma Gandhi? You really don't have to; all you have to do is your personal best. Isn't this what Yoga, or ?Unity,? is all about? We accept that we have limits in our Yoga practice, but we are persistent in our efforts to do better next time.

Some of the most negative people I have met - have

everything, but they don't see the ?field of diamonds? in their own backyard. Everything is always better somewhere else. No matter how much love they get, or how many possessions they acquire, they are never happy. Some of these people create their own environment and cannot see it. Through observation, you will notice that ?money cannot buy happiness.? The saddest people on this earth are the extremely poor and the extremely wealthy. This is not a rule, and there are exceptions. Some of the extremely wealthy people practice Karma Yoga, by helping, and giving,

to the less fortunate.

Jesus once said, ?It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." Why is this philosophy so close to Karma Yoga? There is a simple answer: We are obligated to help the less fortunate because it is morally right. This is a universal principle in every religion.

Helping the poor, and giving to the poor, will make the wealthy person sleep better at night. If you follow any religion, you will notice that there is a price to be paid in the next life, or in the after life, for gluttony. However, the price is being paid now, in this life, and on this earth.

How can I say this? The only people of great wealth who are happy are the givers. Those who do public service and help others have found a way to put their status and money to work for the common good.

As Andrew Carnegie once said, ?Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.?

? Copyright 2005 ? Paul Jerard / Aura Publications

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Paul M. Jerard Jr. has sinced written about articles on various topics from Leadership, Yoga Practice and Anger Control. Paul Jerard is the director of Yoga teacher training at Aura in RI. He's a master instructor of martial arts and Yoga. He teaches Yoga, martial arts, and fitness. He wrote: Is Running a Yoga Business Right for You? For Yoga students wanting to be a Yoga t. Paul M. Jerard Jr.'s top article generates over 165000 views. Bookmark Paul M. Jerard Jr. to your Favourites.

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