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Five Ways to Get the Best From Your Staff


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Give workers purpose, autonomy, and mastery, one CIO says.

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Getting great people to join your team is just the starting point. If you're going to achieve excellent results, then you must make sure your staff is happy and productive.

How can you get the best from your people? Business leaders provide their top tips:

  1. Make work meaningful;
  2. Connect with people;
  3. Provide personalized feedback;
  4. Give people space;
  5. Cover all your bases.

"We try and understand what motivates people from a career perspective," says Alex Hibbitt, engineering director at albelli-Photobox Group."And then we try and tailor what they're doing to meet that goal."

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