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"Fire in the Belly"

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Guest blogger Connor Boyack wrote an interesting piece for "The Entrepreneurs Blog" about keeping the entrepreneurial spirit alive even when working a standard 9-5 job.

http://www.theentrepreneursblog.com/2010/12/20/guest-blogger-post-fire-in-the-belly-the-entrepreneurial-drive-by-connor-boyack/

Do you agree with him that such a thing is possible? How does one cultivate the entrepreneurial spirit even when they're not technically in charge of their work?

More imporantly, how do employers make employees feel as though they have enough control in their day-to-day work that they take a proper interest in it?

Category: Business & Finance

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That's easy enough, merit based awards done weekly. Give your star employee of the week a free hour of pay. If you have several that are that good then put their names on a special board, and once a week put one person's name at the top, then pay them the extra hour. At the end of the week their name goes to the bottom of the ladder and the person that was below them gets promoted for the gift.

Dec 22, 2010

If you hire people that work hard and understand there importance to the company this can work. The employee can't be treated like a #, but just like everyone else.

It's important to give employees tasks that they can accomplish, if you give them easy tasks they will get bored. You will want to challenge them. If they don't like to be challenged, then they arent the right employee for you.

Dec 22, 2010

Simple give the employee credit for their work. Not a cheesy award, or gold star. Whenever and wherever a discussion regarding the idea appears provide an annotation to the creator! When people know their name will be published with their works they will take more time and interest in the project.

Dec 21, 2010