Hiring and maintaining employees who are thoroughly engaged in their work and demonstrate a true commitment to see your company's mission accomplished is one of the best investments your company can make. Good employees will have a more direct and significant impact on your bottom line than almost any other single area you can spend money on.
It may be easy to find good employees yet you still need to ensure that they are happy and focused in order for them to stay with your on a long term. Below are five activities you may use which can effectively yield positive results when it comes to your most valuable resource.
1. Learn To Honor Achievements
People need positive feedback. While it costs the company nothing, one highly effective motivator is for you to simply recognize the hard work of an employee. This in fact can even outdo any monetary rewards you give your employees as a way of motivating them.
While a private pat on the back is always appropriate, recognition goes even further when others learn about it. Make a habit of recognizing successes "publicly," by making announcements, handing out awards, and citing names and accomplishments in company publications and on the website. For employees who consistently outperform, reward them with a promotion and increased job responsibilities.
2. Communication Is Key
For encouraging full commitment on working you should be able to offer employees an environment where they can freely express views on work-related matters and feel they are being listened to. As simple as it seems, an open line of communication is what you can effectively give for employees to be truly active in the company. Of course, this is not only in terms of the working conditions, benefits and dress code which is a traditional aspect of HR. Employees seeking a way to create a difference always think of the long-term for the company's benefits and senior managers should take note of the ideas and suggestions made by these types of employees.
Perhaps you can offer employees multiple means to be more aware about the company and how they can find opportunities for feedback and suggestions to be heard and accommodated in its truest sense. It would be great if there is a company newsletter or a regularly updated intranet and maybe even a "Letter from the CEO" each month where employee questions can be addressed by top-level officers.
3. Offer Real-Time Progress Reports
The company's goals should be clearly presented and at the same time have all employees informed on how their part has added to the overall success.
An employee shouldn't need to wait until their annual performance review to know how they are doing. The best company leaders offer continuous feedback so their employees always know where they are excelling and where there is an opportunity for improvement.
While C-level executives constantly are exposed to a great deal of data about the company, other employees also should be made aware of the firm's progress and how employees are helping to meet the company's short-term and long-term goals. The moment you consider employees part of the group who need to be fully informed regarding high-level information only executives know about is the moment you will find them fully engaged in the success of the company.
4. Focus On A Good Cause
Through employee volunteering initiatives or a strategic corporate philanthropy program several companies have found a way to combine team building and skill which results to positive feelings due to doing good - one of the most effective way to engage employees.
To accomplish the most good on both fronts, have employees participate in choosing some causes that are important to them, then provide them with as many opportunities as possible to give monetarily and through volunteering. Keep everyone apprised of how the charitable efforts are succeeding just as if they were another corporate business initiative, and be sure to celebrate success.
5. Have Fun Together As A Team
Simply because you are able to push your employees to become extremely productive and efficient doesn't mean that you should forget that they need time to enjoy their work environment. Ensure moments for employees to also have "fun" time.
There can be "burning out" amongst even the most efficient and most active employees when pushed too hard hence the need for you to support their overall way of life including "fun" time. You can give them time to let loose and simply have fun with co-workers without the seriousness of work. This can happen during holidays, corporate milestones or any given occasion.
It may be easy to find good employees yet you still need to ensure that they are happy and focused in order for them to stay with your on a long term. Below are five activities you may use which can effectively yield positive results when it comes to your most valuable resource.
1. Learn To Honor Achievements
People need positive feedback. While it costs the company nothing, one highly effective motivator is for you to simply recognize the hard work of an employee. This in fact can even outdo any monetary rewards you give your employees as a way of motivating them.
While a private pat on the back is always appropriate, recognition goes even further when others learn about it. Make a habit of recognizing successes "publicly," by making announcements, handing out awards, and citing names and accomplishments in company publications and on the website. For employees who consistently outperform, reward them with a promotion and increased job responsibilities.
2. Communication Is Key
For encouraging full commitment on working you should be able to offer employees an environment where they can freely express views on work-related matters and feel they are being listened to. As simple as it seems, an open line of communication is what you can effectively give for employees to be truly active in the company. Of course, this is not only in terms of the working conditions, benefits and dress code which is a traditional aspect of HR. Employees seeking a way to create a difference always think of the long-term for the company's benefits and senior managers should take note of the ideas and suggestions made by these types of employees.
Perhaps you can offer employees multiple means to be more aware about the company and how they can find opportunities for feedback and suggestions to be heard and accommodated in its truest sense. It would be great if there is a company newsletter or a regularly updated intranet and maybe even a "Letter from the CEO" each month where employee questions can be addressed by top-level officers.
3. Offer Real-Time Progress Reports
The company's goals should be clearly presented and at the same time have all employees informed on how their part has added to the overall success.
An employee shouldn't need to wait until their annual performance review to know how they are doing. The best company leaders offer continuous feedback so their employees always know where they are excelling and where there is an opportunity for improvement.
While C-level executives constantly are exposed to a great deal of data about the company, other employees also should be made aware of the firm's progress and how employees are helping to meet the company's short-term and long-term goals. The moment you consider employees part of the group who need to be fully informed regarding high-level information only executives know about is the moment you will find them fully engaged in the success of the company.
4. Focus On A Good Cause
Through employee volunteering initiatives or a strategic corporate philanthropy program several companies have found a way to combine team building and skill which results to positive feelings due to doing good - one of the most effective way to engage employees.
To accomplish the most good on both fronts, have employees participate in choosing some causes that are important to them, then provide them with as many opportunities as possible to give monetarily and through volunteering. Keep everyone apprised of how the charitable efforts are succeeding just as if they were another corporate business initiative, and be sure to celebrate success.
5. Have Fun Together As A Team
Simply because you are able to push your employees to become extremely productive and efficient doesn't mean that you should forget that they need time to enjoy their work environment. Ensure moments for employees to also have "fun" time.
There can be "burning out" amongst even the most efficient and most active employees when pushed too hard hence the need for you to support their overall way of life including "fun" time. You can give them time to let loose and simply have fun with co-workers without the seriousness of work. This can happen during holidays, corporate milestones or any given occasion.
About the Author:
Sebastian Troup likes writing about philanthropic solutions for businesses and non profit organizations. For further info about setting up workplace giving campaigns, or to discover some employee giving campaign ideas, please check out the Truist website today.
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