Rebecca Ruby wrote recently about the importance to nonprofit organizations of differentiating themselves, finding their “only-ness” (I think uniqueness is a better term). As often happens, I couldn’t help adapting Ruby’s formula for job-seekers (sorry it’s a little blurry; it didn’t reduce as well as I would have liked):
Then (in a Venn diagram she credits to Jim Collins of BBMG), Ruby says, think about how these three circles intersect. I’ve again adapted the diagram for the job-seeker:
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Well defined. It is also very important that employees are made and kept happy, especially the good ones. A couple of years back, I worked at this restaurant and we were taken over by other management. The new owners were so rude and treated us like total crap, our profits dropped by 60%. I couldn’t take it anymore, found myself another job and 7 months later, the restaurant closed down. So it is very important to treat your employees as you would expect them to treat you.
Well defined. It is also very important that employees are made and kept happy, especially the good ones. A couple of years back, I worked at this restaurant and we were taken over by other management. The new owners were so rude and treated us like total crap, our profits dropped by 60%. I couldn’t take it anymore, found myself another job and 7 months later, the restaurant closed down. So it is very important to treat your employees as you would expect them to treat you.