How can I raise the morale of my staff?
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Everybody likes to hear "nice job" once in a while.  If they are hard workers, let them know that you appreciate them.  Kind words will go a long way.  If all you ever do is point out their mistakes, well, that gets old fast.\n\nMaybe let them off early (with pay) once in a while, the day before a holiday, or just because it is a nice day.  Even half an hour makes people feel like they are getting something.\n\nTreat them the way you would like to be treated, and see what happens.
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More money (cash, stock, options, benefits) is the obvious answer. Other than that, anything to show appreciation. Put the employee in charge of choice projects. Give the employee a chance to leave a legacy by giving him training/guidance responsibility, or make him/her a mentor of younger employees, so s/he can pass on their knowledge. \n\nIn some companies there are "soft" but effective ways to show appreciation: feater the employee on a headline article on the corporate Intranet; arrange a lunch with the CEO, etc.\n\nMore importantly, however: I would try to establish why the employee doesn't want the promotion. Maybe the next management layer is seen as too "cutthroat"? Maybe the employee is afraid that he might be loosing his technical edge if he gets into management? Maybe there's considerable animosity vs. the "higher-ups"? If it's a reason like that, you'd better get started on an organizational improvement.
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Set the mf up.  Make up something outrageous and when your boss asks you about it just laugh it off.  Keep doing that and he/she will either stop or get fired.
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be honest\nserve your customers well
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Treat all employees fairly.\nTreat all customers fairly and honestly.\nHave a greater goal than the bottom line of profit which will benefit others.\nPay your bills in a timely manner.\nDo not offer goods or services which will harm a customer or that are sold as better than they are.\nDo not take advantage of a competitor's misfortune.\nRealize that you are there to serve.
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Someone with confidence, also you have to talk to your staff on a relitively even level, of course you cant be completely equal you still need them to respect you and do what you want and needs to be done, but listen to them and get stuck in with the work with them (just dont moan about it when you so). Be enthusiastic and dont take the stress of responsibility out on them. Also make sure you have a team of staff you can work well with and who will work well with each other (sometimes no matter how hard you try some people just arent willing to work with you)
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Tell them to give everyone a raise?  I have a feeling that your  meeting is going to be really really tough.
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Have regular informal meetings with your staff to give them the opportunity to tell you of any recurring problems in the running of the restaurant. If you show your staff that they are valued and that they are important to the success of the restaurant they will enjoy the job more and work harder. Customers pick up on when staff are unhappy and can tell when a worker enjoys their work and when the worker does really not want to be there but needs the money.\n\nIf you treat your workers with respect they will treat you with respect. They will be less likely to steal stock or be inflexible about work schedule and they will stay with the restaurant for longer. For a restaurant to run efficiently you need people to know the job and that happens best when your staff have been working for you for a while. You need to find ways of raising staff morale to make them want to stay. \n\nIt's also good for employees to have positive relationships with each other so that they see themselves a part of a team. Maybe you could have one night each month where the restaurant is open to just staff so that you can all have a catch up and enjoy each others company. This is especially good if you have staff that never work with each other because some do day shifts and some do evenings.
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As with ALL managers, REMEMBER your people !!!!!  They are what make you strong,   Depend on their knowledge, listen to them, don't be over-bearing.\n\nYour people know more about  their job than you do.  Listen to them.  Don't be too proud to ask them why they do what they do.  Let them explain it to you.....LEARN from then.  Respect them!!!!!
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Play it by ear.  If you have managed a number of people in your current job, honest answers about your experience and your yardsticks for hiring and retention should do the trick.
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I know you can read a book "fish"\nIT is a manual on ways to motivate your employees
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Keep doing the good thing. Consider a reward as an unexpected bonus.   \n\nRespect is earned at every turn, but dis-respect is forever. \n\nWhile loyalty sounds like a good thing, if you become unhappy, look for work elsewhere.  But don't make any desperate moves, as the grass is not always greener on the other side.
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offer incentive for teamwork. you set the goals and let them know that it is not a competition and they will only earn incentive if they work as a team. it could be lunch or a little monetary bonus. hope that helps
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You can send all those nice things listed above after you do what is most important.  Get the names of the nurses and write a letter to the hospitals nursing supervisor and also having one copied for the depts. nursing adminstrator.  Within the letter list the names of the nurses and how much you appreciated what they did.  This makes such a positive impact on the staff and increases the moral of the unit.  This results in something more rewarding than any gift cert. of any kind and sometimes increases the staffs wages when it comes eval. time.
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It is the height of folly to imagine that employees will do what their employers believe case the responsible thing, and report their dissatisfaction to their supervisors.  Generally speaking, people expect their employers to recognize problems and correct them without input from the employees, and become disgruntled when those corrections are not automatically made.  Their dissatisfaction will be revealed through less-efficient approaches to their work, lower productivity overall, a tendency to hold management to employee-benevolent rules (even when ad hoc suspension of such rules is clearly called for), absenteeism, and eventually attrition.  Wise managers discern morale problems without being told, address issues which might be contributing to dissatisfaction, and make overtures to demonstrate that they value their employees.  Without knowing your specific business, it is difficult to say which such overtures are likely to succeed.  Best of luck with a difficult situation.
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just remind them that your all on the same team and that you take your orders from whoever your boss really is or when they give you orders say, sorry but can't, i have to have this done because whoever asked me for it.  sooner or later they will get the picture.
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The best way to make the work place a better one is to be nice to your coworkers.  You do not have to be their best friend, but you have to be there and get the job done.  You may find the a work day will go a lot quicker if you are a plesant and decent person.\n\nAre you doing something inapropriate that would make a fellow worker report it to a supervisor?  There should be no fear in anything you do at work if it is what you should be doing.  Do a good job and you may just get commended for doing that job well.  If you do well, the company does well, and if that is so, pay raises are also possible for a job well done.