No not the keys to the car, the keys to my business success!

Wouldn’t it be nice to have a few keys to making your business better? For many in business its about building the team they have so they can leverage their time and money more effectively. So here goes, check these key tips out to help you create a team to assist you to be more successful in business.

1. Know you need to plan for people - If you aim to get staff at the last minute to fill a gap, chances are you will end up with a few challenges down the track, get a clear idea of what sorts of skills you want and the attitude you need to make the job work for you. Then hire carefully with these key points in mind.

2. Train them - Okay so you are not big on training, it does not need to be big, just effective. Make a list of what things they need to know and tick them off as you show them… Where things are, who the OHS officer is, how the system works, who does what, who their buddy is. Do it bit by bit and share the load with others if you have a few people in the team already.

3. Buddy them - Link the person to a buddy, a buddy will look after them for proably a few weeks until they know things inside and out. Then you can assess the persons performance three ways, from your observations, the buddies view point and a chat to the person in question.

4, Chat to them - Find out how day one went, then day two, day four, day seven and so on. Keep them in the loop about things that happen and things you expect. Remember to be friendly and fair, so tell all the team the same things in a friendly way, inspire them, don’t push them.

5. Start them late - Most people start a job on a monday, but what if its was a thursday or friday… they don’t get a brain overload that way and you ease them into the role in a more relaxed way… Chances are they will remember more of the info you want them to remember as well.

6. Career path - Provide a series of steps for them in the business, its probably only a title and then a small rise in pay, but it can build a sense of self esteem, self worth, growth and development and not just become another job they turn up to day in day out without any opportunities.

7. Reward them with incentives - It may only be a few small things, concession items like dinner for two, an award plague for x years of service, but the aim is to show you care about their contribution and provide the little things along the way that make their job worth doing. ure  you pay them but this little add ons can have a huge bonus effect becuase people generally love it when they are noticed for all the right things.

8. Share the businesses successes - Peoople often like feeling they played a part in the development of something and in this case it can be a big buzz to know you helped the business to win a job, create better systems and so on. BUT you have to tell them about it and not just expect them to figure out that things are going well.

So there’s a few keys to your business success, keeping the team firing on all cylinders. Its not rocket science but it can cause your busines to shoot for the stars!

Stumble it!