Comments on: 23 tips to being a better employer http://www.milesburke.com.au/blog/2006/07/27/23-tips-to-being-a-better-employer/ Thoughts on small business, the web industry and more, from Miles Burke, Author, Speaker, Entrepreneur and Geek. Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:35:44 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Nat http://www.milesburke.com.au/blog/2006/07/27/23-tips-to-being-a-better-employer/comment-page-1/#comment-5681 Nat Tue, 01 Aug 2006 02:56:38 +0000 http://miles.burke.id.au/blog/?p=73#comment-5681 Hmm rewards is a hard one; you don't want others to feel you're being unfair, and the only way you can really avoid that is either to give the rewards in secret (which then takes away the "This guy did good - perform like him!" thing) or be able to tie those rewards to very obvious and tangible performance measures - ie overtime or something. It's a hard one - can be highly effective or terribly destructive to a team. Hmm rewards is a hard one; you don’t want others to feel you’re being unfair, and the only way you can really avoid that is either to give the rewards in secret (which then takes away the “This guy did good – perform like him!” thing) or be able to tie those rewards to very obvious and tangible performance measures – ie overtime or something.

It’s a hard one – can be highly effective or terribly destructive to a team.

]]> By: Adam http://www.milesburke.com.au/blog/2006/07/27/23-tips-to-being-a-better-employer/comment-page-1/#comment-5091 Adam Fri, 28 Jul 2006 03:36:47 +0000 http://miles.burke.id.au/blog/?p=73#comment-5091 "17. Don’t get drunker than your staff at parties." - Sounds like a challenge, Miles :) “17. Don’t get drunker than your staff at parties.”
- Sounds like a challenge, Miles :)

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