What are your personal and professional resolutions for 2008? Providence Business News asks local business leaders how they and their companies set goals and reward achievement.
Have you resolved to do any of the following in the coming year?
• Make improvements to office space environment – 76.5%
• Improve employee-management communication – 52.9%
• Spend more time praising employees’ actions – 17.6%
• Drive the office toward environmental sustainability – 23.5%
Have you shared these goals with employees?
• Yes – 76.5%
• No – 23.5%
Did you encourage employees to share similar non-financial resolutions they would like to see?
• Yes – 76.5%
• No – 23.5%
Do you subject non-financial goals for the year to the same scrutiny as financial ones?
• Yes – 70.6%
• No – 29.4%
What percentage of your bonus goals for managers are non-financial?
• 0 to 10 percent – 47.1%
• 11 to 25 percent – 35.3%
• 26 to 50 percent – 11.8%
• More than 50 percent – 5.9%
The Providence Business News Executive Poll is a weekly survey of 70 business leaders, representing small and large businesses in a variety of industries throughout the state.