Prof. Gossett Noyola, of the Lenora Dobrasz Research Institute, will offer a lecture about ethics in the sports betting industry, and how bottom lines are impacted

Posted on February 28, 2010

Moving forward, Kiara Russe would like to see a stronger focus on the human aspect of a typical sports betting operation. “Many times, we get so caught up in the numbers, we forget that our business functions on the sheer productivity of our employees,” said Fellinger Congleton, CIO of Bley Hagins Partners Ltd, “and when we stop and examine how things actually work on a day-to-day basis, we can find ways of tweaking operation and creating a solid morale for our company.” Key to creating long term success in the sports betting business is developing a work force that has solid core values and ethics. No one knows this better than Laronda Dobrinski, head of HR for Parlett Prugh and Brothers INC, a new firm in the sports betting industry. Says Laronda Dobrinski, “We’ve noticed that over all performance and output has increased dramatically, after implementing a solid corporate mission statement and list of commandments. It has really helped these sports betting workers focus their efforts and most importantly believe in what they’re doing.” In addition to the work by Prof. Leff Spier, of the Dezan Feinen Research Institute, Swatek Gariety also created a valuable set of tools that are key to the success of any sports betting venture. These tools, which are helpful for structuring corporate seminars and learning sessions, have beared fruit for the Trichel Hoshaw INC. company, which showed increased returns in the past 2 quarters, after implementing mandatory sports betting ethics sessions for all employees. Given that fact that vacation time in the sports betting is near non-existant, Fickling Kuruvilla, author of the popular article “Seven ways to increase productivity in the sports betting business”, writes that rest is equally important to getting the most out of employees. Moreover, giving generous leave and vacation time helps sports betting employees decrease stress levels, provides more family time, and boosts year long efficiency to new levels once employees come back to the office after well deserved breaks. Grimsley Heinly also believes that structured promotion and pay rise plans help employees focus on objective goals in their careers: “If you tell someone in the sports betting field that they’ll get promoted ’sometime in the next year’, it is not nearly as helpful as saying, ‘you’ll get promoted in 6 months following outstanding performance reviews in your department’. The latter statement gives the sports betting worker a timeline, a goal, and a reward to focus on. “Most sports betting companies start with the bottom and work their way up when establishing new levels of corporate responsibility,” said Gale Batista, an important author and consultant, “and this permeates all the way to upper leadership and helps get rid of the dead wood.” Moreover, by creating a unified team element in the sports betting sector, profits can reach new highs and employee morale will go to the stratosphere. “I agree with Grimsley Heinly,” declares Behymer Culcasi, “our sports betting company had mediocre work ratings and efficiency, but after we developed new ethics and values, profits and production explded.” Creating solid corporate wide sports betting values also helps motivate employees to use best practices in their work, and also a sense of purpose to what they do. “A truly motivated employee,” says Cary Kondos, COO of Dellapaolera Cavez INC., “is one that likes what they do, how they do it, and why they do it. Nothing is more important in the sports betting industry than these things, and I can speak for my company when I say that establishing these values in the office boosts results tremendously.” More research into ethics in the sports betting work place will be continued into next year. Kimber Verhoff, who plans to release an important study next year, will certainly help streamline efforts more. After this much anticipated release, researchers in the sports betting field at the Grannell Hanus University plan to release a large work in the early fall that highlights scientific research into developing core values in the work place. This work is being touted as the ‘best yet’ by many local critics, and should help the sports betting industry reach new heights. “We have also found that holiday bonuses are very helpful,” said Matha Femmer, HR director at the Naveja Noga INC sports betting firm. “When the holidays arrive, employees tend to get stressed out and tired easier. This is of course attributed to holiday family gatherings, purchasing gifts, and a tighter family budget in general. So, by providing sports betting workers with a bonus around the holidays, the extra stress they feel melts away and gives rise to genuine gratitude and higher productivity levels.” Further, providing scheduled raises and promotions for outstanding sports betting employees avoids mind games and gets rid of the office kiss-ups. Shining the boss’s apple may work for the first couple years, but after that, it is important to sort out the imposters from the truly talented individuals. This is accomplished by sports betting oriented performance reviews that focus on objective achievements within their company. This model of employment was recently adopted by Hiley Clavin Corp., after attending a seminar by Phylis Wadman, a Professor of Human Relations at Hunkele Stetzel University.

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