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RUN YOUR SHOP WITHOUT IT RUNNING YOU
A feature article on shop management issues
QUOTES WORTH RE-QUOTING
Motivational insights from some of the best
SIMON SEZ
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The following article is by guest author Robbie Romieser.
Although the example is from a
different industry, the universal
applications are just as relevant to the
jewelry industry.
How to be a Master Motivator
By Robbie Romeiser
Copyrighted 2001
Why do some managers excel in their fields while others
wither
on the vine? One of the answers to that question concerns
motivation skills. The managers that excel have them. The ones
that fail don’t. Years ago I had the opportunity to work alongside
the best motivator I’ve ever seen. His name was Robert
Fogle.
In January 1996, Robert arrived at the Spartanburg, SC
district
office of the Life Insurance Company of Georgia. In that month,
he became the district manager of a district that was among the
worst in the company. One year later, Spartanburg finished as
one of the top five districts in the company.
Robert possessed an uncanny
ability to motivate his people to
achieve new heights. He used several methods of motivation,
the first of which was setting the example of a good work ethic.
Robert arrived at the office early in the morning and left the office
late at night. Many nights he would not leave until 11:00 PM,
and some nights he would leave as late as midnight. This is not
to say that managers in every business need to work until
midnight each night to inspire the troops. But in the life
insurance business where managers expect salespeople to hold
nighttime appointments, but often go home themselves by 5:00
PM (if not sooner), Robert’s willingness to stay late set an
example for effort that previously was not present. By working
diligently, he inspired the troops to work
diligently.
Robert’s second technique of motivation was to
communicate
clearly and consistently his expectations for the district. Each
week at the weekly sales meeting, and daily in casual
conversation, Robert stated his belief that the Spartanburg
district could, should, and would be the number one district with
Life of Georgia by the end of 1996. At first, his message fell on
the deaf ears of the work-weary masses of employees he had
inherited. But as time rolled on and he constantly communicated
his belief, the agents, assistant managers, and clerical staff
caught his spirit. They began to believe that being number one
was possible. They
began to work like winners.
The third motivational technique that Robert
used was an oldie
but a goodie – keep your promises. Managers are notorious for
promising to do things that they have no intention of doing. For
some reason, they think that promising is enough to keep the
troops happy. Wrong! When Robert said he would follow up on
a policy in the home office or call an irate customer for an agent,
he did it and he did it promptly. He built relationships of trust
with his people, and that trust formed the foundation upon which
the success of the district was built.
Fourthly, Robert
was fair. Whenever rumors began in
the office,
he moved swiftly to squash them. When disputes arose, he
mediated them to a speedy solution. When people performed
well, he rewarded them with praise and prizes. When people
performed poorly, he counseled them to help them improve. He
practiced no double standards. He played no favorites. He was
abundantly fair, and the employees respected him for that.
Robert created a teamwork
atmosphere in the district as well.
In
sales meetings, he encouraged agents and managers alike to
share success stories that inspired everyone. People shared
ideas that didn’t work as well, which helped the others avoid
costly mistakes. Robert opened every day with a tour of the
office. During his tour, he shook the hand of every agent,
manager, and clerical worker. He gave each person a smile and
asked how he or she was doing that day. He passed no one
over. As a result, every one felt like an equally important part of
the team.
He also built the team atmosphere by sponsoring
frequent work
socials. About once a month, the management team would
serve food to the rest of the employees. Sometimes they’d cook
steaks for the group, sometimes they’d serve barbecue,
sometimes they’d buy pizza. Every once in awhile, Robert would
tie these dinners to achieving certain district sales goals. Most of
the time, however, he did it just to make Life of Georgia a fun
place to work.
Of all the things Robert did to
motivate his people, the most
important thing he did was to take a genuine interest in the
welfare of his employees. Robert had an open door policy with
the troops. Employees would drop in on him to chat. Many
times the chats would be about specific business concerns, but
oftentimes the chats revolved around fears of failure, desires for
success, personal problems, dreams about the future, and so on.
Robert also spearheaded efforts to send get well cards to sick
employees and to recognize birthdays and anniversaries. One
time he even put his life on the line for an employee – me. He
tried to help me squeeze a rather large roll top desk up a much
too narrow staircase at my old townhouse. Since he was on the
bottom end pushing up, the slightest slip could have sent the roll
top crashing into his body. Fortunately, the only thing crashed
into was the staircase wall!
Robert’s ability to motivate
his people served him well. At
the
end of 1996, the Spartanburg district of Life of Georgia finished
in the top five out of over fifty districts. Starting in early 1997, he
began receiving a series of promotions. At last count, he is one
of only a handful of regional sales executives with a territory of
several southeastern states. Undoubtedly, Robert will one day
be either the president of Life of Georgia or the president of
some other company.
In summary, Robert did the following
things to motivate his
people. First, he demonstrated a strong work ethic. Secondly,
he communicated his expectations clearly and consistently.
Next, he kept his promises. Fourth, he was fair. Fifth, he made
the workplace fun. Sixth, he valued his people as people, not
just as moneymaking machines. These attributes can make
anyone a master motivator in business, at home, and in any
volunteer organization imaginable. The key is to practice them
consistently to make them pay off. Do you?
Robbie Romeiser is President & CEO of Faster Goals, a
company which provides its clients with the know-how and
motivation to achieve their goals faster. Robbie
publishes THE PRODUCER, a monthly ezine dedicated to
helping people skyrocket their productivity, their pay, and their
ability to balance their personal and professional lives. He is
also host of FASTER GOALS THE RADIO SHOW, which airs
each Monday from 11 AM to noon (ET) on WALE 990 AM in
Providence, RI and via the Internet at
http://www.renaissanceradio.com/. For more information
about Robbie, please visit http://www.fastergoals.com/ contact
Robbie
at (864) 598-9565 or mailto:robbie@fastergoals.com
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Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. If you’re not making mistakes,
you’re not trying hard enough.
Angus S. King, Jr.
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No lions are ever caught in mousetraps. To catch lions you must
think in terms of lions, not in terms of mice. Your mind is always
creating traps of one kind or another, and what you catch
depends on the thinking you do. It is your thinking that attracts
you to what you receive.
Thomas Dreier
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Live to Learn, and you will Learn to Live
Portuguese Proverb
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Most people fail in life because they major in minor things.
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Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small
minds discuss other folks, but brilliant minds often lose track of
the moment. Now, what were we talking about?
Unknown
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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their
dreams.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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But remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you the
ability to produce wealth.
Deuteronomy 8:18
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“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, ”plans to
prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a
future.”
Jeremiah 29:11
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“This is the most efficient ultrasonic cleaner I’ve ever used. It
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> > > > New Hampshire Jewelers Association < < < <
May 20, 2001
Bradney Simon will be presenting Trade Secrets – Tips Tricks
and Techniques of a Master Jeweler.
For more information call Paul Richter 603-437-2655
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Bradney Simon will be speaking at the Independent Jewelers
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Two Great Seminars for Jewelers
=> Run Your Shop Without It Running You
This seminar will help jewelers increase profits by
operating
an efficient jewelry repair shop. It contains innovative and
practical
information that you can use in your store. Topics
include: Pricing, Take-In
Procedures, Productivity in the Shop,
Employee Development, and Much
More.
=> Trade Secrets
Tips, Tricks, & Techniques of a
Master Jeweler
Making and repairing jewelry encompasses only a few basic
techniques. However, there are numerous tricks to use in
mastering those techniques. In this interactive seminar you will
learn tips, tricks, and techniques on jewelry repair, fabrication,
and stone setting from a JA Certified Master Bench Jeweler.
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Place small pieces of metal on a business card to help feed
them through a rolling mill.
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Reducing the width of a rectangular wire can be difficult, as the
wire tends to turn while rolling. To alleviate this problem hold the
wire in a pair of parallel pliers leaving about a half inch protruding
from the jaws. Feed this end into the rollers until the jaws of the
pliers make contact with the rollers. As you continue to roll,
allow the wire to pull from the pliers. The force of the plier’s jaws
will keep the wire upright.
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Test your pumice wheels and other abrasive wheels on a piece
of glass. If they do not abrade the glass, they will not scratch
most faceted colored stones, and would be safe to use cleaning
the prongs. Glass is around 51/2 on the Mohs scale, which is
softer than most colored stones that are faceted.
Although these wheels will not scratch harder gemstones, you
still must use caution as the wheel may chip the facet lines of
fragile stones.
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When soldering gold and platinum together make certain to
anneal both parts thoroughly before soldering. These metals
expand at different rates when heated. If not thoroughly
annealed stress tears may develop as the metal cools.
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Use an annealed beading tool when bead setting colored stones.
You will have to reshape the tip often, however the softer tool will
not abrade the stone as easily.
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Sometimes jewelers are confronted with jewelry contaminated
with mercury. This is not as common today as it was when
nurses used mercury thermometers instead of the electronic
models they have today. When the thermometer broke, their
jewelry became contaminated. However, it still arises from time
to time.
Mercury contamination is easy to spot on yellow gold as it turns
the metal white. Mercury can be removed from gold jewelry by
heating the jewelry to annealing temperature then polish off the
residue after the jewelry has cooled. However, this method
cannot be used on pieces that contain gemstones that will not
withstand the heat. An alternative method is to apply Nitric Acid.
Apply a small amount of nitric acid to the affected area, and then
rinse off with water. Then re-polish the jewelry. The process
may need to be repeated if any white areas reappear.
NOTE: FUMES FROM MERCURY ARE EXTREMELY TOXIC.
Whichever process you use, make certain your work area is well
ventilated! In addition, wear rubber gloves as the acid can stain
your skin yellow.
Mercury when mixed with gold forms an amalgam, causing the
gold to become brittle. If not removed within the first day of
contact, the only remedy is to replace the contaminated section
or entire mounting.
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When fabricating a piece of jewelry for pearls, use an old screw
back earring post for the pearl stud. The threads will serve as
notches to help hold the epoxy and pearl.
Bob Staley - B. Staley Goldsmith
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Use a stick of bee’s wax to help hold small items while laser
welding.
Bob Staley – B. Staley Goldsmith and Laser Welding
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Frank Pintz of Northbrook, IL suggests using a wooden
clothespin to clamp pearls while gluing. A hole can easily be
drilled into it to accommodate an earring post, and a ball bur can
carve a notch to help hold the
pearl.
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Tammy Powley offers this tip on cutting jump rings in her Jewelry
Making newsletter.
After coiling wire around a mandrel, thread your saw blade
through the coil to cut the jump rings apart, and saw from the
inside out. This makes sawing the coil easier as your blade
tends to slip when starting to cut from the outside of the coil.
To see the full article on making jump rings, including pictures
demonstrating the process log onto:
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A young man who was also an avid golfer found himself with a
few hours to spare one afternoon. He figured if he hurried and
played very fast, he could get in 9 holes before he had to head
home. Just as he was about to tee off an old gentleman shuffled
onto the tee and asked if he could accompany the young man as
he was golfing alone. Not being able to say no, he allowed the
old gent to join him.
To his surprise, the old man
played fairly quickly. He didn't
hit
the ball far, but plodded along consistently and didn't waste
much time. Finally, they reached the 9th fairway and the young
man found himself with a tough shot. There was a large pine tree
right in front of his ball and it was directly between his ball and
the green. After several minutes of debating how to hit the shot
the old man finally said, "You know, when I was your age I'd hit
the ball right over that tree."
With that challenge
placed before him, the youngster swung
hard, hit the ball up, right smack into the top of the tree trunk and
it thudded back on the ground not a foot from where it had
originally lay. The old man offered one more comment, "Of
course, when I was your age that pine tree was only 3 feet tall."
Do you realize that our environment around us not only changes
on the golf course, but in business as well? If we continue to try
to hit the ball over the tree just because we have always done it
that way, and not take into consideration that things have
changed and the tree has grown, and look for new methods of
accomplishing our job - our businesses will suffer.
A case in point is jewelry design. I learned to design jewelry with
watercolors, and later changed to colored pencils. However, if
you have not yet noticed, the jewelry design environment is
changing. CAD (computed assisted drawing) is finally making its
way into our industry. Now I’m not saying that if you don’t start
using CAD tomorrow you will be out of business next week, but it
is time for us old guys to start looking into this, as it is the way of
the future.
Over the last couple of months, I have downloaded trial versions
of several different CAD programs. I’ve learned three things.
1. There are many programs out there and it is confusing as to
which one to buy.
2. It takes a while to learn the programs.
3. If you’re patient and take the time to learn you can do some
really neat stuff. (That’s a technical term)
Once you have created a drawing in CAD, your customer can
view the jewelry from different angles. They can turn the jewelry
around and even turn it completely over to the backside, just as if
they were holding the jewelry in their hand. With the increased
technological knowledge of many of our customers, designing
with CAD is a strong selling point. Many of the CAD programs
have downloadable viewers for our customer to use. You can
easily e-mail a drawing to them and they can view it in their
home or office.
Another major advantage to CAD is CAM (computer assisted
manufacturing). Several different types of equipment available
can take your CAD drawing and create a wax model with little
additional labor involved. This greatly reduces labor cost and
makes producing multiple models cost efficient.
All of your CAD drawings can be saved in a database. Later
these drawing can easily be altered to fit another customers
request, saving time in the design process.
The big downside to CAD is that they tend to be pricey and they
have a steep learning curve. Generic 3-D drawing programs are
difficult to learn and can be cumbersome in trying to draw
jewelry. Jewelry specific programs are in their adolescence, and
lack the depth of models to create much more than basic jewelry
styles.
CAD is definitely another tool for the custom design shop. As
they become user friendly and the price begins to drop more and
more bench jewelers will begin using CAD. Just remember that
in spite of all our technology we should never lose site of what
we are all about – designing and creating jewelry. May we
always make jewelry to the highest quality we are capable of, at
the least cost possible, with designs that are pleasing to our
customers, by the means that works best for us.
I still have not decided on which program to buy, I’m still not very
good at this, and I STILL LIKE MY PENCILS.
Nevertheless, I’ll come around one of these days - just after I try
to hit this golf ball over the tree a few more times.
To learn more about CAD programs try out the following web
sites:
http://www.cadcameducators.com/
http://www.3dsite.com/n/sites/3dsite/cgi/software-packages-index.html
http://www.chicagonorthshore.com/
http://blue.temple.edu/~crafts/
http://www.tenlinks.com/CAD/products/specialized.htm
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