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'You've got to keep working at productivity... finding the right people, better ways. If you invest in your people, get them talking to you... and invest in the infrastructure to make their ideas happen within a reasonable time - you'll have yourself a winning team!'
Phil Pollett, CEO/Owner Goodtime Foods Limited


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Workplace Productivity

Creating Productive Workplace Cultures

Positive relationships between staff, teams and managers are a feature of productive workplaces. A positive work environment motivates people and helps them commit to the organisation. People feel encouraged to 'go the extra mile'.

It's also important to value people's insights and experience. Their ideas can help your workplace to do things smarter and better. That means your organisation will become more innovative and productive over time.

Creating productive workplace cultures includes:

  • treating people at all levels of the business well
  • all staff sharing the same goals and values
  • all employees having the chance to suggest how they could improve their part of the organisation
  • rewarding participation and good ideas
  • gathering feedback on staff attitudes and ideas for improvement.

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