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You are here: Home / Featured Home / Worked for Her: The 1 question that motivated people and solved problems

Worked for Her: The 1 question that motivated people and solved problems

December 3, 2018 By Jennifer Azara

Imagine you had a network of women leaders all across the country that you could tap anytime you wanted to find out what’s working for them. With our exclusive feature, Worked for Her, you do. In our most recent installment, Rewa Gaudern, Human Resources Manager at Bookcliff Gardens, Grand Junction, CO, shares how she made the most of downtime in her office to benefit everyone.

At certain times of the year, some of our employees don’t have as much work to do. And we didn’t want them to end up just wasting that time away.

Naturally, we wanted to use this downtime to our advantage, but we weren’t sure how.

That’s when we realized if we wanted to get employees motivated – and maybe even solve problems –  we should try giving them the assignments they wanted.

All you’ve got to do is ask

So we started asking our employees: “What are your ideas for projects?”

Posing this question not only gave us insight into our employees’ interests, it also drew our attention to neglected areas of the company.

For example, one employee pointed out our equipment desperately needed to be organized and serviced. And she wanted to be the one to do it.

We discussed how she could tackle this, and she was excited to use the downtime to work on it.

Asking employees for their insight on projects was a simple way to get them engaged and keep them busy.

(Rewa Gaudern, Human Resources Manager, Bookcliff Gardens, Grand Junction, CO)

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Jennifer Azara

About Jennifer Azara

“I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody’s passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn’t mind leading.” -- Amy Poehler, Actress
 
I’m thrilled to have recently joined Progressive Women’s Leadership in the role of Managing Editor. I’ve worked as a writer and editor for more than 18 years, covering a variety of “beats” from CFOs to warehouse workers. But this is the one I’m most excited about. The key to editorial success is to be in constant contact with your audience – find out what info they need, what keeps them up at night. Then work tirelessly to give them that with every story. I want our site to be the first resource you go to when you have a challenge at work. This bossy woman is ready to get down to business!

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