MeasureProductivity

Seems like there is nothing more important that productivity, but what about productivity without motivation? How long your people will stay productive when using the Balanced Scorecard? Will they will actually use all the indicators that you have designed. Recent research shows that the biggest challenge for the management is the motivation issue.

Here are 2 ideas that are ready to use and might help to improve the motivation right now:

Being Part of the Big Picture. The Balanced Scorecard connects your high-level strategic goals to the individual tasks performed by your line-level employees.  It shows your employees that they don’t just do one small thing.  It shows them how everything they do influences the whole company’s performance.  In fact, they won’t just understand this; they can see this in action, and check it for themselves.  That is a great motivator!

Feedback. In some companies, employees do not get the feedback they need, or the feedback they do get is not clear.  They do their jobs, but they are never sure if they’re doing them well.  With the Balanced Scorecard, the feedback is more obvious.  The employee can see how their tasks affect the overall performance of their business unit, and of the whole company.  This is also a great motivator.

There is eTraining that focuses on motivation issues when implementing the Balanced Scorecard.

Communication is extremely important in the modern world. The Internet has completely solved all communication problems. There are lots of ways to run international businesses without frequent business trips. However, traditional communications means are still used, such as faxes. At the same time advanced technologies penetrated the traditional faxing services. This is how online faxes appeared. The key principle behind online fax is the same as with traditional device. Faxes are used to send signed documents.

If you are running an international business, using online fax services is a must. That is why it is important to choose the right online fax provider. Luckily, there are lots of companies that offer these services. When choosing online fax providers focus on the following issues:

• Customer support. Although sending an online fax is not a complex procedures, some people may nevertheless face problem. Competent 24/7 customer support will solve problems related to use of online faxing.
• Prices for online faxing services. As a rule, prices start at $7 per month. Normally online faxing providers offer various packages depending on customers’ needs and budgets.
• Compare costs at price comparison websites that are free to use. This is the best way to find an appropriate online faxing package.