00:00:11another edition of ask Evan in today’s
00:00:13video I’m going to answer questions from
00:00:15one of my readers Jackie who’s asking
00:00:17about how to connect with employees and
00:00:20keep them accountable so a couple of
00:00:22tips for you that might be helpful the
00:00:24first is actually care about your
00:00:27employees and this might sound obvious
00:00:29but a lot of people a lot of employers a
00:00:31lot of entrepreneurs are so tied up with
00:00:33the day to day of running the business
00:00:34at stressful it takes up a lot of time
00:00:36that all we care about from our staff is
00:00:39do they get the job done and we don’t
00:00:41have to think about them as a person and
00:00:42asked about their lives and what they’re
00:00:44up to and realize that you know they
00:00:46have a life outside of just working for
00:00:49you and the more you can connect to that
00:00:51and the more you can get them to feel
00:00:53like you have to care about them and the
00:00:54more you actually do care about them the
00:00:56more they’re going to care about you I
00:00:58want to do more for the business and get
00:01:00more involved and see that you’re
00:01:02successful so with my staff I always try
00:01:05to ask but what they’re up to try to
00:01:06participate in their lives you know
00:01:08without being overbearing but the more
00:01:10that they know that you care then the
00:01:11more like that they’re going to care
00:01:12about you so it’s a two-way street and
00:01:14obviously you want your staff they care
00:01:16about you and care about the company the
00:01:19next thing is try to tie in what your
00:01:21team is doing to the bigger picture
00:01:22because often you know people can get
00:01:25lost in the day to day of their job and
00:01:27they don’t see how it’s helping
00:01:30ultimately right as entrepreneurs we’re
00:01:32helping people we’re delivering a
00:01:33product or service that fulfills needs
00:01:35and makes people’s lives better but
00:01:38often the people who are doing a lot of
00:01:40the work they may not have any customer
00:01:41interaction and they don’t see how
00:01:43you’re helping people so the more you
00:01:45can tie in what they’re doing to the
00:01:48bigger picture and make them realize
00:01:50that the tasks that they’re doing is
00:01:51really important and is having a lot of
00:01:54impact on people and is really valuable
00:01:55the more likely they’re going to want to
00:01:57stay and like their job and be more
00:02:00chemical
00:02:01also try to tie them into the bigger
00:02:02picture of what their task is instead of
00:02:05just saying do this this is your job get
00:02:08it done the next thing and the last
00:02:10thing I want to quickly talk about is
00:02:12try to share your wins so a lot of the
00:02:14people in your company again may not
00:02:16have a lot of connection to the
00:02:17customers they may not see how the work
00:02:20that you’re doing is actually being
00:02:21useful and helpful and if they do a lot
00:02:24of times it may just be complaint rights
00:02:27of some of the people who are working
00:02:29for me they’ll be working with some of
00:02:31our authors and although get as a
00:02:33problem emails right most people don’t
00:02:35read into say hey this is great they’re
00:02:36writing to say I’m having a problem with
00:02:38this or can you help me with that and so
00:02:40the in your employees day-to-day lives
00:02:43all their team is a negative and the
00:02:45problems and that’s what they’re trying
00:02:46to solve and they may not steal the
00:02:48great stuff that you’re doing so for my
00:02:51part of the business I’ll always getting
00:02:53emails from people saying hey thanks for
00:02:54that video or attention a newsletter was
00:02:56really inspiring really appreciate it
00:02:58now I’m not more motivated than ever to
00:03:00want to keep our of my business and
00:03:02that’s great that gives me a boost and I
00:03:04want to keep doing the stuff that I’m
00:03:05doing because of those comments and what
00:03:07I’ll do is I’ll share that with my team
00:03:08so that they see that hey you know we’re
00:03:11really having an impact here it’s not
00:03:12just the problems that we’re getting
00:03:14there’s a lot of benefit that that we’re
00:03:16doing is a lot of good that we’re doing
00:03:17and we’re helping a lot of people so
00:03:19more you can type people into that and
00:03:20share those wins the more likely they’re
00:03:22going to again like their jobs care more
00:03:25about the business would be more
00:03:26accountable as well so I hope that helps
00:03:28you guys like the video please give it a
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00:03:31thoughts and feedback if you want to
00:03:32leave a comment below the video and stay
00:03:35tuned for the next episode
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