Employee productivity is important. Especially for small businesses. If one employee is not productive it is practically impossible for the other members of a small team to pick up the slack.
Good productivity has to be a priority. But that does not mean pushing your team, or yourself, to the brink. Far from it. You want to keep your team together. Nothing kills a business faster than staffing churn, which is exactly what you get when you just crack the whip. People leave in their droves.
Fortunately, there are far more subtle, gentle, yet effective ways to boost productivity, here are 8 of them: