Crew Motivation and Development Mount Pleasant SC
Strict behavior and dress codes leave crew members of all ranks in Mount Pleasant with a clear grasp of what it takes to progress higher at McGee Bros, where employees are expected to look like "businessmen."
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Crew Motivation and Development
Source: Masonry Construction
Publication date: May 1, 1997
By Elizabeth Keating
Abstract: Motivating and developing employees can be a delicate balancing act for even the most experienced contractor. Those who succeed use techniques that motivate employees in the long-term and start each worker's employment with a positive, career-focused orientation. Sam McGee of Monroe, N.C.-based McGee Bros. Co., says he wants everyone his company hires to think of becoming a manager. Strict behavior and dress codes leave crew members of all ranks with a clear grasp of what it takes to progress higher at McGee Bros, where employees are expected to look like "businessmen." Motivation expert Matt Stevens, president of The Stevens Group, advises clear, nonarbitrary identification of what it takes to progress at a company. Incentives should be measurable, believable, and limited to five or fewer to maximize the potential for success. If a company rewards and recognizes good performance in an arbitrary way, employees are less likely to be motivated than if a clear points system is used that everyone understands and agrees upon. McGee Bros. uses a bonus system in addition to recognition techniques.Stevens's company administers just one of several personality profile assessments on the market that are helpful tools for crew analysis. Stevens believes that the two leading causes of conflict are differences in pace and values in the crew members. Pace relates to how quickly someone makes a ...