{"id":8378,"date":"2012-03-07T13:00:44","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T18:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/news\/?p=8378"},"modified":"2012-03-06T18:17:53","modified_gmt":"2012-03-06T23:17:53","slug":"tackling-employee-loyalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/tackling-employee-loyalty\/","title":{"rendered":"Tackling Employee Loyalty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When hiring employees, most employers hope that it\u2019s for more than a few weeks. High employee turnover can hinder productivity and sales, which is the lifeblood of your business. But how do you keep your employees loyal to you?<\/p>\n<p>In the IB Times article, \u201cManaging a Small Business: How to Inspire Employee Loyalty,\u201d some very important points from a management prospective and from an employee perspective are discussed by Jeremy Kingsley, a speaker and business expert. The first factor is, as always, hiring the right people. This sounds like a no-brainer, but finding employees who are right for your business is harder than it looks. Some suggestions for hiring the right employee include asking a potential hire \u201ctheir definition of \u2018successful,\u2019\u201d or to get a more in-depth response ask them \u201cto write a one-page essay in 15 minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The second factor is giving employees your loyalty. Kingsley states in the article that managers that are \u201cpreoccupied with short-term, bottom line thinking often view their employees as little more than resources to be hired, fired, and manipulated as the need arises.\u201d This is especially true of the current economy, where some employers use the fear of losing a job or wages to exploit employees. In short, managers should give the same respect to their employees as they expect in return.<\/p>\n<p>To read the entire IB Times article, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/articles\/289722\/20120130\/managing-small-business-successfully.htm\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more tips on finding and hiring the right staff members, check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/smarttan.epubxp.com\/issue\/53428\/79\">February feature<\/a> of Smart Tan Magazine, \u201cYou\u2019re Hired: Finding, hiring and optimizing your salon\u2019s staff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more suggestions on how to improve the loyalty of your current employees, read the <a href=\"http:\/\/smarttan.epubxp.com\/issue\/56439\/81\">March feature<\/a> of Smart Tan Magazine, \u201cWhat\u2019s In It For Me? Improving loyalty and performance through incentives.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When hiring employees, most employers hope that it\u2019s for more than a few weeks. High employee turnover can hinder productivity and sales, which is the lifeblood of your business. But how do you keep your employees loyal to you? In the IB Times article, \u201cManaging a Small Business: How to Inspire Employee Loyalty,\u201d some very [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tackling Employee Loyalty - Smart Tan News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When hiring employees, most employers hope that it\u2019s for more than a few weeks. High employee turnover can hinder productivity and sales, which is the lifeblood of your business. 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