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Want Employees To Love What They Do? Here Are 4 Ways To Get There

Bosses might want to take notice if employees view their jobs as “the daily grind.”

A disgruntled and disengaged workforce can undermine production and harm customer relations, while a happy, engaged workforce does the opposite.

“If you take care of your employees, they will be better prepared and far more motivated to take care of your customers,” says Shawn Burcham (www.shawnburcham.com), founder and CEO of PFSbrands and author of Keeping Score with GRITT: Straight Talk Strategies for Success.

“Ideally, you want employees who think and act like owners.” 

Burcham says one of the first steps toward cultivating such an environment is to communicate openly with employees. And that may be even more crucial today because newer generations entering the workforce want to know the “why” of what they are doing.

“Millennials value truth and honesty,” Burcham says. “They also are looking for personal growth, education, and continuous learning. If companies want to scale, then they need to embrace millennials and work to create an environment where they are engaged.”

He suggests four ways leaders can help their employees love what they do:

• Have fun at work. People spend more hours at their jobs than doing just about anything else, Burcham says, so the time might as well be enjoyable rather than drudgery. Some simple ways people can have fun at work include cracking jokes, decorating their work areas, or celebrating employee birthdays. For Burcham, the work itself is fun. “As a leader, I want to provide an environment conducive to having fun,” he says. “I also let our employees know that it is up to them to make having fun a reality within their job and their department.”
• Coach them up. All employees must be willing to learn at a pace consistent with the company’s growth, Burcham says. “Usually, we hire people with a skillset that enables them to scale with us,” he says. “Sometimes, though, we have employees who are challenged to ‘make the leap’ with us. When that happens, we work with them to find a role on our team where they can excel. We want to provide them with every opportunity and tool we can to help them adapt.”
• Maintain a positive attitude. Most successful people exude a positive attitude, are optimistic, and have a never-quit personality, Burcham says. “Who wants to work in an environment of doom and gloom?” he asks. One way to cultivate an upbeat workplace is to strive to hire only “A” players, people who want to be the best at their jobs and take pride in making positive contributions.  “But anyone can be or become an A player,” Burcham says. “It simply revolves around having a positive attitude along with a desire to learn and constantly improve.”
• Show appreciation. Employees want to know that the bosses – and their coworkers – appreciate them, so it’s important to find ways to show them. Burcham says at his company new hires are welcomed by dozens of emails from their team members before they even arrive for the first day of work. When they start, two or three dozen employees gather to greet them with a high five. “For our team, it’s all about gratitude,” Burcham says. “It’s not, ‘I have to go to work today.’ It’s, ‘I get to go to work today.’ ”

“I think the real key,” Burcham says, “is to hire people who are already motivated and then put them in an environment where they can excel. Engaged employees are fun to work with and they will go the extra mile for their customers as well as their peers.

About Shawn Burcham

Shawn Burcham (www.shawnburcham.com), author of Keeping Score with GRITT: Straight Talk Strategies for Success, is the founder & CEO of PFSbrands, which he and his wife, Julie, started out of their home in 1998. The company has over 1,500 branded foodservice locations across 40 states and is best known for their Champs Chicken franchise brand which was started in 1999. Prior to starting PFSbrands, Burcham spent five years with a Fortune 100 company, Mid-America Dairymen (now Dairy Farmers of America). He also worked for three years as a Regional Sales Manager for a midwest Chester’s Fried chicken distributor.

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Switchpoint Wins 9th Social Investors Forum

We are excited to announce the winner of the Spring 2019 Social Investors Forum - Switchpoint Community Resource Center! What will they do with the money? Switchpoint will receive a $100,000, 0% interest loan for Stepping Stones, a 24/7 childcare facility in Washington County, Utah designed to meet the needs of low-income families who seek childcare while parents work.

Why a loan? Loans promote organizational sustainability and allow CFU to keep giving! Learn more about the Social Investors Forum on our website.

Donations Can Be More Than Cash!

Have you met our director, Ian Shelledy? Ian has been hard at work getting insurance for a working farm (with a corn maze) that was contributed to a Donor Advised Fund at CFU. If you are looking to donate private stock, real estate, or other complex assets (or need help accepting such a gift at your organization), we'd be happy to help facilitate your giving. It is safe to say there is no complex asset we can't handle!

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VOID OF VISION

ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM

HYPERDAZE

OUT SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2019

WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR

"HOLE IN ME"

PRE-SAVE AVAILABLE NOW

JULY 23, 2019 - Melbourne metalcore four-piece Void Of Vision have announced details of their forthcoming sophomore album Hyperdaze, out September 13th, 2019 via UNFD. Fans can watch the music video for the first single, "Hole In Me", here: http://bit.ly/2Z3N7Zf

"Pure hatred, self-loathing and nihilism," are themes that unravel throughout this record, explains Void Of Vision lead vocalist Jack Bergin. Though there's no positivity or light to be drawn from the album, Bergin asserts that there's a lot to unpack. Hyperdaze is an invitation into the depths of his world, with its creation process offering a steep exercise in catharsis for him as an individual and an artist. The result is a belting 11-track release that laces raw anger and vulnerability between superior musicianship.

On the band's progression since their 2016 debut full-length, Bergin explains, "Children Of Chrome was an experiment, Hyperdaze is an experience."

"[Hyperdaze] is the most we've explored each and every detail that we put onto an album," he continues. "From fine-tuning and tweaking all the synths and accompaniment to the grittiness and aggression of the vocals, we really wanted the pure anger that went into making these recordings to translate out the other side - something I feel we haven't quite grasped on previous records."

Building on the momentum of Children Of Chrome, and their more recent outputs, 2017's Disturbia EP and 2018 single 'Kill All My Friends', Void of Vision have been consistently stretching their touring muscles. With slots at Good Things, UNIFY and Halloween Hysteria, extensive headlining across Australia, European visits and a recently announced support slot alongside Northlane, the band have kept busy on the road.

Now geared to impart their refined new material on the masses, the Hyperdaze era is set to see Void Of Vision at their most tenacious yet.

Hyperdaze is out September 13th via UNFD and is available to pre-save here:  https://unfd.lnk.to/PresaveHyperdaze   

Hyperdaze track listing:

1. 'Overture'

2. 'Year Of The Rat'

3. 'Babylon'

4. 'If Only'

5. 'Slave To The Name'

6. 'Adrenaline'

7. 'Hole In Me'

8. 'Kerosene Dream'

9. 'Decay'

10. 'Splinter'

11. 'Hyperdaze'

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