Behind every successful business owner is a great team. CEO's, managers, team leaders, supervisors, all aim to lead their staff to success, and as you probably know, this is by no means easy.
Sometimes you need a few new fresh ideas to help boost your employees engagement and get productivity levels to a maximum. So, here’s a few tips and tricks on how to keep your employees motivated and engaged.
1. Communication A lack of engagement from your employees could be a result of limited communication. The best way to solve this problem is by encouraging constant communication and creating a direct pipeline between team members and management. Doing this will allow you to understand how your employees are feeling and work out the best route to solving any problems they have, there and then – rather than addressing the situation when it’s too late.
2. Recognition Praising your staff should not be viewed as a huge task, it should be frequent and genuine. A simple thank you takes no effort at all, and can go a very long way with your employees. If you want to go one step further, why not hold weekly sessions where team members can share their wins for the week and praise each other in their team? This simple tactic allows colleagues and managers to receive recognition and feedback on the great work they’ve been doing.
3. Collaboration Working collaboratively can be one of the most important things for a business to focus on improving as it brings numerous benefits, including employee engagement. Your team may prefer to work alone, but working ‘collaboratively’ doesn’t mean team members have to be on top of each other. A really easy way to improve teamwork and contribution is by introducing a social intranet software such as ‘Slack’. Doing this provides a virtual platform that all your employees can work off, meaning they have little choice but to communicate with one another.
4. Self Development
41% of employees are interested in having the opportunity to learn and develop within their organisation. Repetitive work is not only demotivating, but also particularly disengaging for ambitious team members. As a business owner, why not create three-month plans for your staff, mapping out their personal and professional goals for you to work on together.
5. Promote Healthy Wellbeing Health and wellbeing lay the foundations for any employee. This extends beyond encouraging a healthy diet, and providing healthy snacks in the staffroom. Wellbeing includes mixing in with your team and looking after their emotional and physical needs. Why not grab lunch with them? Or sit and have a coffee in the staffroom? Every step you take towards wellness will serve towards improving levels of overall engagement within your business.
