Listen "Episode 6: Creating Happy and Successful Employees, with David Long"
Episode Synopsis
David Long is a speaker, author, and the Founder and CEO of MyEmployees, a 29 year-old firm in the Top 1% of Employee Engagement Companies. What you’ll learn about in this episode: How David went from moving back in with his parents to running a 10.5 million dollar business The way David uses his own company to test out what he’s going to do with his clients An example of how to recognize your employees in a memorable way The reason 70% of people leave their job A common disconnect between managers’ and employees’ viewpoints on the job How to get managers to stop thinking that money is the most important thing in a job What keeps employees engaged in their company and how to make them look forward to going to work The employee recognition reminder chart (ERC) — what it is and how to use to to help your company How to make sure employee recognition is authentic How the ERC benefits everyone — from employee to CEO Implementing a book club into the culture of your company A story about how something like book club can empower and uplift your employees Why it’s not true that you have to treat millennials differently How book club helps employees be better people, not just better employees Why you can’t be happy at work and miserable at home and vice versa The reason happy employees are more successful How the retail “apocalypse” has made David’s company more successful Strategies David has incorporated into his company to help it adapt How to improve communication and how it will help your business Benefits of paying for employees to go to conferences David’s best advice for handling the complexity of business today How to create an environment where everybody wants to be better Why 47% of your best people are looking to leave Ways to contact David: David’s Company: starculture.com Employee Recognition Reminder Chart: Text “err chart” to “31996” — password: “forgetmenot”
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