Managing people is not always an easy task and takes much strength and leadership. If people are not well managed in a business, the business will either not be profitable, or not as profitable as it should be. Listed below are a few tips that help in promoting positive behavior in employees.

• Frequent feedback on performance: This encourages people when they are doing things well, and also is a chance to point what things could be doing better. When pointing out things that could be done better it is always a good idea to offer help on how to improve.
• Multiple measures of performance: There should be multiple levels of performance when feedback is given. Different measures can give different results in different areas. The more knowledge that a manager has, the better they can use that knowledge to help those they manage.
• Monetary and non-monetary incentives: Monetary incentives is an easy one, give someone a bonus for doing a great job and they will continue to do so if not because that’s just what they do, but because they want that bonus. However, monetary incentives are not always a viable solution for a business that is strapped for cash, thus non-monetary incentives can be very useful. A non-monetary incentive could include more autonomy for the individual, give them greater decision making ability. This is usually a big perk for most people, making decisions can be a very empowering and rewarding experience.
• Participative budgeting: This lets subordinate managers set high but achievable goals. This allows for the subordinate managers to focus on their own department and be more in control of their area, which is excellent as they are the ones that are usually most knowledgeable about it.
• Realistic standards: If goals are set to high then workers will become discouraged and productivity will decrease. If goals are set to low, however, workers will not work to their potential or push beyond their potential because it is not necessary to meet the goal.
• Accountability of costs: It is important that employees do not become wasteful with company resources. Thus they must be held accountable for mistakes, such as a cashier giving too much change to a customer. Accountability should only be to a degree, however, because people are human and do mistakes, its when these mistakes become frequent that trouble can arise.