{"id":586,"date":"2024-01-28T20:57:15","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T20:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gymguyz.wpenginepowered.com\/franchise-opportunities\/?p=586"},"modified":"2024-01-28T20:57:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-28T20:57:15","slug":"what-it-takes-to-have-great-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gymguyz.com\/franchise-opportunities\/tips\/what-it-takes-to-have-great-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT IT TAKES TO HAVE GREAT EMPLOYEES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There\u2019s a huge difference between \u201cgood\u201d employees and great ones. The great ones go the extra mile, without ever being asked and never for recognition. You\u2019ll even notice that they express continued enthusiasm and positivity and truly improve your office\u2019s culture; i.e. when they are on vacation or out sick, you miss their presence. While having these types of employees are, well, great<\/em>, we ask ourselves, how can we get all of our employees to be like them? In one word: love. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, we don\u2019t mean to tell your employees that you love them. But, in order to get the results you want out of each one of them, they need to feel both valued and appreciated. There has been a shift as to what determines employee happiness; it once was a result of what the employee did outside of work (hobbies and time spent with their families) and now it\u2019s overall happiness with their life (turns out, we really can\u2019t \u201cshut off\u201d parts of our life, i.e. work).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surprisingly enough, our employee\u2019s paychecks rank no higher than fifth in importance. This truism isn\u2019t just here in the United States, but in every industrialized country. In fact, what truly motivates how engaged your employee is at work is \u201cemotional currency.\u201d Let\u2019s define what that means:<\/p>\n\n\n\n