SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS ARE TWO KEY ELEMENTS TO SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH

Success and happiness are two things that can never be separated. When you achieve success from the great time and energy you have spent moving around to make things happen it brings you happiness. The happier you are the more successful you become.

Sad people are more attracted towards where they can be happy. The same idea applies when you are running your small business, because your employees and customers prefer an environment where they can get the best satisfaction.

   

People, who are successful, walked into success because they went searching for it with the spirit of not giving up, while some remain where they are because they only talk about it and never moved from where they are. Go out there today and be successful from doing what makes you happy and what you love most. Stay positive to achieve greatness!

Promoting firsthand working experience for fresh graduate employees in your small business

The most common investment entrepreneurs make is that of time and manpower management and training. This has made most entrepreneur and their investors to prefer employing the service of experienced employees than training fresh graduate employees who need to be giving a chance and opportunity to have firsthand experience.

It’s ok if the approach of using experienced employees saves time and the cost than training new ones, but opportunities such as internship or apprenticeship should be encouraged in all firms. Fresh graduates can also be employed as assistants after their internship or apprenticeship period. Most starting point was as a result of an opportunity, no one started perfect.

We all go through years of strategic experiences even if we are best at our skills. A child learns to sit, then learns to crawl, followed by standing, then begins to learn to walk gradually till the steps are mastered. The fact remains that every expert once had a starting point. What is your opinion…….?

Showing Gratitude

The Art of saying Thank You!

Every human being likes to be appreciated. Employers can boost the moral of their employees with just a simple 'thank you'. Employees in turn can show their appreciations also by just saying 'thank you' when they are appraised. The power of showing gratitude is beyond description, gratitude is shown as a result of good relationships nutured over time or in a short time. For instance, even children are not too small to be appreciated, in her article Nuture Thankfulness in Your child Brenda Nixon states that "It has been said that we’re always teaching . . . sometimes we use words. Remember to say “thank you” to others, but more importantly live a life of appreciation. Your children are watching their first and most influential teacher!”

Your costumers keep coming back as they get warming smiles and ‘thank you’ from you and your employees each time they visit. It makes them feel more secured to trust your company when doing transactions with you.

Joey Faucettein his article "How to tap the power of 'thank you'". stated that, there may be only one day a year devoted to giving thanks. But expressing thanks regularly -- year round -- and doing it well is one of the most profitable business strategies you can have.

Study after study reveals that when you say "Thank you" to your customers, they both spend more money and tell their friends about the exceptional service and products you deliver, increasing your profits. Volumes chronicle how employee productivity zooms when appreciation is expressed, raising your margins. Vendors go the extra mile to extend credit and deliver "just in time" when they hear gratitude regularly, not just in November, and keep your cash flowing.

Giving thanks works in business. But you're already doing more with less and the last thing you want is another item on your to-do list. So what are the most effective and efficient ways for you to express gratitude to these important players in your business' success? Read more...........

 

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Posted By Muhammad Suleiman,
CEO - Dawisu Enterprises Nigeria