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100 Ways To Become the Best Employer In the U.S.

1. Truly believe that people are the reason for our success

2. Values - do the right thing, treat others well, give your best

3. Create your legacy with small gestures of kindness to your customers, and your employees

4. Give your employees a realistic opportunity to grow their wealth

5. Benefits beyond those that can be described in words

6. Guarantee an investment in individual development for those leaders who choose to serve your company for the long-term

7. In your community, reach down and lift people up

8. Strength through growth

9. Let employees share in company ownership

10. Work is hard, life is short.  Find ways to let your workers have some fun

11. Spirit - capture the energy of enduring success

12. Personally welcome everyone and be ready for their arrival - the first six months is crucial, the first six weeks, critical and the first day is a 'code red'

13. Customer satisfaction must be number 1

14. Write down and display your 'value chain' - people, culture, strategy, tactics, performance and value

15. Assure continual learning for everyone

16. Train leaders, not managers or supervisors

17. Develop a simple list of expectations for employees

18. Support your leaders with coaches

19. Profess your corporate values on a daily basis - walk the talk

20. Fair compensation - levels are at or above your industry

21. Keep the flame of corporate culture burning in every hall and room

22. Celebrate team success

23. Weekly CEO/owner communications meetings with company leaders

24. Affirm corporate performance goals

25. Health and a meal - regularly schedule wellness education

26. Manage employee travel fairly

27. Offer flexible work scheduling 

28. Affiliate and participate with local schools

29. Executive 'chat sessions'

30. Coaches succeed where 'bosses' often fail - idea sharing, questions asked and answered - no whistle needed

31. Summer internships - let young men and women experience your culture

32. Help employees balance home life and work life

33. Provide Holiday fellowship

34. Implement a real-world evaluation program

35. Embrace people from other world cultures

36. Casual dress code

37. Encourage (S$$) your staff to build teams through employee referrals

38. Medical/Dental/Vision Plans

39. Routine annual or bi-annual physicals

40. Flexible spending accounts

41. Wellness counseling via toll-free hotline

42. Expectant parent classes

43. Prescription drug program

44. Fitness center discounts

45. Generous vacation plan

46. Holidays and floating days

47. Parental leave time

48. Company intranet website or broadcast closed circuit TV

49. Easy to use telephone and voicemail systems

50. Weekend fellowship retreats

51. 401(k) and/or pension plans

52. Discount/free banking services

53. Profit sharing

54. Career coaching

55. Easy to understand comprehensive compensation statements

56. Ergonomics

57. High energy team meetings

58. Demonstrate passion, humility and common sense

59. Workplace security

60. Free/discounted Vision care

61. Free immunizations

62. Healthy Heart Program

63. Blood Pressure Screening

64. Easter Egg Hunt/Bring a Child to Work/Job Shadowing or other child-related participation program

65. Reading Fair

66. Create building blocks of personal assets

67. Charitable Gift Exchange

68. School attendance/performance incentive reward for children of employees

69. Online Banking service

70. Autonomous management

71. Establish sound, prudent and simple processes -  short, common sense

72. Company newsletter

73. Support those entities that support us - United Way, etc.

74. Fishing/Golf tournaments to benefit college-bound children of employees

75. Survey your employees regularly

76. Formally recognize your superstars

77. Support the work family and the home family

78. Have computing systems and other technology that are ready for the future

79. Newcomer breakfasts

80. Find the best in everyone, value it and encourage all employees to bring out the best in others

81. Develop an online knowledge base accessible to all employees

82. Promote from within

83. Career service awards

84. Job opportunities online or on the phone 24/7

85. College scholarships

86. Home buying and mortgage acquisition assistance

87. Personal income tax consulting and preparation

88. Welcome back ex-employees

89. Educational assistance including financial aid, time off for class, etc.

90. Daily five o'clock meeting - 5 minutes to review the day

91. Show your true colors company store and logo clothing

92. Adoption assistance

93. Company ambassadors

94. Business cards for everyone

95. Earn a profit

96. Cross train

97. Foster and encourage employee input

98. Answer every question  

99. Truth, honesty and fairness, always - no smoke, no mirrors

100. Get them a coach!  www.coachbrian.com

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