Summary: The Container Store
1. Name some of the ways that The Container Store motivates its employees.
A few strategies The Container Store utilized in order to motivate their employees are providing 263 hours of training during the first year and giving 50% more pay compared to other retail competitors. This establishment provided good working conditions and a comfortable working community. These strategies will obviously cost the company more money but over time the motivation will accumulate and the company will function more efficiently.
2. Do you believe Tindell's statement that highly satisfied employees will lead to highly satisfied customers and shareholders? Explain why or why not.
Yes, I do believe Tindell's statement regarding that highly satisfied employees will lead to highly satisfied customers and shareholders. Like the saying “what goes around comes around” if the …show more content…
The strategies I would use to motivate my employees would be to inspire and help them figure out what they are most passionate about and relate things to what interests them the most. As well as making the pay a bit higher than the competition so it prevents slacking off and motivates them work to their full potential. Also being able to feel like you belong and are a part of something will motivate you to not let your fellow colleagues down. I would also create an upbeat work place because lets face it, nothing is less motivating than a bland environment.
Personally, I would employ several motivating factors to keep my employees motivated. First off, I would set achievable goals for them that could lead to their promotion. This is a system that is placed in many systems; however, the goal is often nearly impossible to achieve. By creating a more achievable goal, employees would be more motivated. I would also higher or lower pay based on daily observations. This way, if they were observed daily (although hard for a large business), they would have to be motivated all the time in order to increase their
A few strategies The Container Store utilized in order to motivate their employees are providing 263 hours of training during the first year and giving 50% more pay compared to other retail competitors. This establishment provided good working conditions and a comfortable working community. These strategies will obviously cost the company more money but over time the motivation will accumulate and the company will function more efficiently.
2. Do you believe Tindell's statement that highly satisfied employees will lead to highly satisfied customers and shareholders? Explain why or why not.
Yes, I do believe Tindell's statement regarding that highly satisfied employees will lead to highly satisfied customers and shareholders. Like the saying “what goes around comes around” if the …show more content…
The strategies I would use to motivate my employees would be to inspire and help them figure out what they are most passionate about and relate things to what interests them the most. As well as making the pay a bit higher than the competition so it prevents slacking off and motivates them work to their full potential. Also being able to feel like you belong and are a part of something will motivate you to not let your fellow colleagues down. I would also create an upbeat work place because lets face it, nothing is less motivating than a bland environment.
Personally, I would employ several motivating factors to keep my employees motivated. First off, I would set achievable goals for them that could lead to their promotion. This is a system that is placed in many systems; however, the goal is often nearly impossible to achieve. By creating a more achievable goal, employees would be more motivated. I would also higher or lower pay based on daily observations. This way, if they were observed daily (although hard for a large business), they would have to be motivated all the time in order to increase their