In every company I worked for, there were smokers and non-smokers. Repeatedly we were getting to a situation in which smokers were pointed as one of the problems hampering department higher productivity and teamwork, due to frequent cigarettes breaks (3-6 times, 5-15 min each). These breaks affect non-smokers in two ways:

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The ways and means we use in everyday life are often more important than the final goal - pay attention to the details and the approach!

Differentiation is stimulating act when people with a greater contribution receive greater benefits. Differentiation is demotivating when those with smaller contribution receive the greatest rewards. Another rule of differentiation is that any manager must get at least 10% more than his/her best paid subordinate.

Remuneration should reflect the contribution of the respective officer or worker to company outcome! Person with greater contribution must receive greater remuneration than those with lower contribution.

We will discuss the four most popular workers’ remuneration systems:

I have often heard that the manager must be able to balance life and work. I've listen to theories about how correct it is at the end of the workday to "cut off" all working problems ...

The most important at your business is what you create, whether it works and whether you are proud of it.  The business must enrich and reward you, otherwise it does not worth dealing with.

Business is a creative activity. You start as sculptors do - you have thousands of ideas, but you have to choose only one.

It is rather rare to encounter dedicated, energetic people with similar value systems. Building a team that shares similar views is of every leader’s dream.

The more talented the man we employ is, the more likely is s/he to be bought by the competition. But isn’t it better to work a few years with the best than to work with mediocre forever?