By: William T Morris

William T Morris — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 02:05:07 +0000

In todays market place, Price is boss. Paying union labor rates while trying to stay competitive within the maket place is always a up hill obstacle. 1st, Your Union Employees must have the hunger for the same success the company desires to achieve, Having dealing with and working within local 1&2 over the last 7 years around the metropolitan New york area as a Environmental project manager has only shown me extreme waste in hourly wages and the apptitude of the same employee’s as to how they can make there next hour of overtime. If the overtime of the employee is not made the mindset of that employee now becomes resentfull and the process of the work being performed and completed becomes of less of an importance resulting in lost profits. Lets face it , Most are out for themselves. To actually achieve success and growth within your Corporation you will have to change the thinking process of your Employee’s. First you would have to weed out the dysfunctional individuals who no matter what they’re pay and benifits are, They are never happy. Dysfunction breeds and spreads dysfunction within the work force. A grateful person always produces and is happy to do so. Middle management must choose the proper wording when dealing with the employee to keep his attitude positive and comfortable. I’m also a firm believer of upper management on occasion making appearances in the field with there work attire and picking up a shovel next to the laborer and working with him to show you are willing to work in the same direction you are trying to promote. This in the past has always won me respect with the toughest of them. Don’t try to install in me for your proffit what you will not do your self. It works. Human nature is human nature, People like to be thanked for what they do even though they are being paid. Not by upper management but by the owner himself. To have gratitude within the workforce one must show gratitude for what they have. Second, Profit sharring, Now you may say I’m already paying Union rates and you are. But to show a employee that if the company reaches its goals then a reward system is in place changes the employees attitude and creates a team atmosphere that will weed out naturaly any dysfunction within the workforce keeping it positive and healthy and in balance.
Third, Working around the major utilities with outside contractors is not working for the major utilities. Multi million dollar contracts must be competitvely bid and won with the major utilities. Price is king. To be competetive you must work sensible and smart. Each job must be well thought out and planned, Failure to plan is a plan for failure. This takes smart management, Not management with excellent lip service. well seasoned persons from in the industry must be sought out and lured into your organization. The same positive concepts that you install into your employees must be installed into your management. Management are people too, they also need to be thanked for what they do. Fourth, When something is going wrong within my group I do not point the finger to blame. I must inventory my actions and decsions first. Everyone must work as a team. President’s to upper mangement. Upper management to middle management, And the workers together with the same goal.
It’s all about everyone being prosperous with positve attitudes.
I believe your companies outloook and your perception of it are well defined. But in order for it to work change must take place. The environmental needs of the world are not going to go away any time soon so you have plenty of time to work on it and achieve your goals and visions.

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By: William T Morris