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From F. John Reh, your Guide to Management

Your boss probably doesn't treat you like a child. If he did, you probably leave and go to work somewhere else. Why is it then that so many bosses treat their employees as if they were children? Don't you care if they go somewhere else? Don't you care how much of your time and budget you will have to spend replacing them? Haven't you figured out yet that it's your best employees who will leave that kind of a workplace first?

Stop, take a step back, and start by reading the articles in this week's newsletter. They show you how you can reduce cost and improve innovation by treating your employees as the adults they are.

Learning Management From Children

You don't want to treat your employees as children, but you can learn a lot about management from children... Read more

Motivation Magic

If you want your employees to be motivated, to out-produce their peers, to deliver more than they ever have in the past, be open and honest with them. Treat them like the adults they are and not like children... Read more

How to Innovate in Business

In the first half of this article, Carol demonstrates how treating employees like children hurts her business. You'll need to also read the second half to understand how Valerie is able to grow her company by treating employees as adults. Read more

Let Your Employees Lead The Way

Costco announced their Second Quarter and Year-to-Date Operating Results for Fiscal Year 2013 today. Their "Revenue at stores open at least a year", a common financial performance metric, was up... Read more

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