Do higher salaries make people better? Can insecurity and hard tasking bring out the best in people? Does a "qualified" employee stay effective throughout his career? Does suppressing conflict ensure discipline? Should mavericks be thrown out? Do you invest adequately in training.Do your people grow internally through new learnings and development.Is there an effective counseling and helpdesk process in the organisation.Is your investment in training paying back for itself.Have you noticed improvements in people after training?
Employees come into the company, at best, as potentially useful people. However, potential and actual performance may vary widely. At one level employees require a conducive environment, system and processes to perform at his or her peak levels. But beyond the general environment there lies an issue of individual application. Here comes in the factors of individual skills, attitude, moral and motivation.