Annual Meeting in Las Vegas

Please accept my apology for the  vulgar nature of the topic but after  much thought I just can’t think of  an alternative phrase that conveys the thought.
As defined by urbandictionary.com, “giveashi**er – That metaphysical mechanical device inside most of us that enables us to care enough about a task or  circumstance such that we put forth effective effort to accomplish the task or effect the circumstance. The giveashi**er is not infinite, but instead is subject to performance drops due to relative emptiness.” My vice president of field operations first introduced me to  this “giveashi**er” concept while  discussing whether or not a particular employee was ready to be promoted to  a foreman position. “His “giveashi**er” is not  where it needed to be in order to assume the role
of foreman,” were his exact words. I knew immediately what he meant. This employee just didn’t  have the gumption, the attention to overall detail,
the do the right thing for the customer and by the  company attitude and mentality that we expect a  foreman to have in order to keep installation problems at a minimum and maintain our companies  stellar reputation.  Last month upon returning from an all expense  paid annual company trip that I provide for employees and their immediate families to the Outer Banks I realized that all of the attending employee’s respective “giveashi**ers” had seemingly  been lifted. For example, an employee alerted  me that a truck needed preventative maintenance  when I know he normally just wouldn’t do so until it was broken. I now recognize that everyone  in the company has a “giveashi**er” that needs to  be maintained and influenced in the right direction  on a regular basis and that it is crucial to the success of the company to consciously do so. 
As owners and managers we prioritize all kinds  of issues. Marketing and material costs, installation complications, hitting projected sales  numbers, accounts receivable, equipment main tenance, traffic violations, employee turnover,  are just a few that I have dealt with over the past   couple of weeks. I have added maintaining the  “giveashi**er” of my employees to that priority  list. It is easy to forget how important it is to take  the time to sincerely ask employees and subordinates how their weekend was, what is new with  their family, etc.. By asking these questions and  creating environments for employees to interact  with one another on a personal level an employee’s “giveash**er” can be maintained and heightened. On the other hand, neglecting to take time  out and pay attention to maintaining your employees “giveashi**er” can be very detrimental to the  overall health of your business, increase owner  and management stress,
increase turnover and  negatively impact your  companies reputation.  So the question becomes how do we as  owners and managers  maintain this so called
employee “giveashi**er”.