[AuRavelling79]

How do you pay and motivate your staff? Incentives - use of vehicle? Bonuses? Hourly rate? Give them some autonomy as to what they do?

[Mist A Bit]

i have a part time worker and i pay him a day rate which rises if he reaches targets and any work he secues for me will encure a bonus. we take it in turns to buy dinner and generally have a good time.

[Tom White]

Job expansion and enlargement.

Get him to reorganise something; if it's already centralised, get him to decentralise it; or vice versa.

Watch this, Gold, it's very good:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc

In the army (you do a lot of leadership and management courses in the army; I've even got an NVQ 3 in management) we were taught that financial incentives weren't the be-all-and-end-all of good leadership/management (different ends of the same cat).

I would guess teamwork would be a key area in a one-to-one relationship such as yours.  Also, setting achievable targets, and clear instructions would be good too.

I also give Wor Lass sexual incentives if she works well, but I doubt you could (or should) apply that to your own employee.

[mci services]

Job expansion and enlargement.

Get him to reorganise something; if it's already centralised, get him to decentralise it; or vice versa.

Watch this, Gold, it's very good:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc

In the army (you do a lot of leadership and management courses in the army; I've even got an NVQ 3 in management) we were taught that financial incentives weren't the be-all-and-end-all of good leadership/management (different ends of the same cat).

I would guess teamwork would be a key area in a one-to-one relationship such as yours.  Also, setting achievable targets, and clear instructions would be good too.

I also give Wor Lass sexual incentives if she works well, but I doubt you could (or should) apply that to your own employee.

I have that as well tosh, but what a lot rollocks it is, when dealing with civilians, sounds good though and also biggest pain in the but security guys on commercial are ex army who left after 3 years, and even worse the ones that did 22 years they are so pro active it is a total pain

[BORBRYCE]

On the vid, where does the artist get that wonderful wee pen? It goes bold, fine, red and black all without clicking any buttons, and a fine drawer of things he is too. I am impressed.
Gold...... Just pay them more, it's simple really. Windies will go for that.

[boshravie]

Job expansion and enlargement.

Get him to reorganise something; if it's already centralised, get him to decentralise it; or vice versa.

Watch this, Gold, it's very good:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc

In the army (you do a lot of leadership and management courses in the army; I've even got an NVQ 3 in management) we were taught that financial incentives weren't the be-all-and-end-all of good leadership/management (different ends of the same cat).

I would guess teamwork would be a key area in a one-to-one relationship such as yours.  Also, setting achievable targets, and clear instructions would be good too.

I also give Wor Lass sexual incentives if she works well, but I doubt you could (or should) apply that to your own employee.

 

[Andy Prittchard]

Pay them enough to let them know that they can get their own van and go out on their own and take your custards off you.

[Tom White]

Bosh, you like the 'sexual incentives' bit, don't you?

You're not my type, mate. Sorry.

[Ian Rochester]

Basic pay plus 3 monthly bonus, works for us.  6 window cleaners and they hit bonus every 3 monthly period.

[STEVE-UK]

Ian,thought you were franchising?

[daniel worgan]

Ian,thought you were franchising?

Ian Lancaster does the franchising....