Motivation

          Employees working in different fields perceive their jobs differently. Depending on a person personality and interest in the job can effect how they perform. If an employee enjoys their job it will influence their performance. According to the ancient story, the man building the cathedral may be more enthusiastic about his position because he is part of building a very important place, which makes him feel worthy. The man carving a single stone will probably not have enough drive or feel as appreciated as the man building a cathedral.

            I think people follow Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs, which impacts their needs of performance. Corporate employees have high needs of satisfaction in the work place. Employees feel high responsibility for having an important job where they encourage receiving high status, praise and recognition. Also, at this level they feel the need for job flexibility, making decisions and challenge in their work. These factors influence their performance and give them the motivation to achieve high status in the company.

            To motivate workers to perform well and feel worthy within a company, I would suggest making them feel included in the company. This would be done by listening to their ideas, including them in important meetings, giving some sort of incentive to accomplished workers, and keep them up to date with the companies achievements and goals. These are some ideas to motivate employees to have high performance in a company.

Individual Behavior

A individual behavior that I wish my former boss would understand is part of the “Big Five” personality traits concerning openness to experience. This trait is a person who is open minded, imaginative and open to new ideas. Although this is not the most important personality trait for a manager, it is very important for running a successful company. With times changing and technology advancing companies must adapt to these changes.

            My former job was at a chiropractor office. The office has been open since the 70’s by the parents of the current chiropractors. Barely any changes have been made to the place since then. The place is old looking inside and out, needs new rugs and walls and nobody can convince them to make any changes. Up until 2 years ago, they never used computers for make appointments everything was done in a book. These are minor changes but can impact a company. I don’t believe they will loose business over it because they are reliable, excellent chiropractors. But as new patients come, they will want to be in a place that looks clean and presentable. If the owners were more open to change and new ideas within the company the building can be fixed inside and look much cleaner and have a better overall atmosphere.

Outstanding Leader

           An outstanding leader in one organization can move into an entirely different organization and still be an outstanding leader. An outstanding leader posses qualities that make them stand out. An outstanding leader has qualities such as having a strong attitude, strong mission, clear vision, good interpersonal skills and a strong ability to achieve and inspire. These qualities can transfer from one career to the next because an outstanding leader is always looking out for the organization and can bring his traits from one career to the other.

            A great football coach that possesses leadership ability can become CEO of a company because of their ambition to always be successful. The coach would have to adjust to a different atmosphere but his traits can be transferred into the company. They will know how to motivate employees and bring inspiration to the company and encourage all of their outstanding leadership qualities into their new career.

            I don’t believe expertise is as important as having outstanding leadership qualities. Leaders should have basic knowledge but they do not have to be an expert to bring success to a company. Today being successful in a business involves possessing outstanding leadership qualities. Being able to be persistent, have determination, strength, attempt the impossible and never giving up. An example of a leader I thought of who has changed careers is Joe Torre. He was a manager for the NY Yankees and brought great success to the team, and now he is the executive vice president for MLB. His job as manager and commissioner are both related to MLB but his duties, as a manager and a commissioner are different. His ability to lead and create success was brought from his management role into his commissioner position. Being able to adapt to different atmospheres and work hard to achieve greatness is what makes someone a outstanding leader

http://www.peterborner.com/2012/05/13/what-does-it-take-to-be-an-outstanding-leader/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Torre

HRM

A problem at my old job working at a Chiropractor Office as an aid/secretary my friend and I were going away to college so the boss needed to hire new employees. Since they waited till last minute to look for new employees the boss was hiring anyone who was available quick without thinking of the future and how they will need them with their business. They hired two new girls. One worked out, and the other slacked off, complained and just sat around instead of doing her job. If the recruitment selection was took into more consideration, they would not need to fire this girl and take the time out to yet again look for another employee.

A way to avoid such situations in the future is to establish a selection process that will find out about the interviews past experiences and also take their life and objectives into consideration. This was a young women, who never had a job before and was going back to school and newly married. She wanted something to do with her "spare time". Although, it had potential to work out, taking that information learned in a quick interview, she doesn't seem reasonable for a steady position right now. I think the decision of choosing an employee in a small company like theres should be taken seriously because you do not want people coming and going all the time. I understand they were rushing to get someone in but in the long run, now they have to repeat the process over again, which takes time, money and effort that can be spent elsewhere.