A major problem for employers today is getting the best employees and then keeping them. How do you do this? By understanding what it is employees really want. Being able to sense what others feel and want is empathy, an emotional intelligence competency.
Tap into Employees to Get Good Ideas
Today’s article discusses gathering and implementing suggestions from your employees. This can be a valuable tool, not only for the obvious benefit of having many heads at your disposal, but also because it lends to employees feeling valuable and appreciated. Read on and enjoy! Only 41 percent of surveyed employees believe the typical company listens to employees’ ideas.
The average American worker makes only one or two suggested per year; the average Japanese worker, however, submits hundreds of suggestions to his or her employer annually.
Motivating Employees
I’ve been to many, many seminars on management and supervision. I’ve read hundreds of books and talked with more people than I care to admit. For many years, I searched for the answer to the question: “What motivates employees?”
Happy Employees are More Productive Employees
Happy Employees are More Productive Employees: Small workplace- enhancing changes can reap big rewards
It’s not surprising that employees cite compensation as the number one factor that makes them professionally satisfied these days.
Make Recognizing Employees A Part Of Your Daily Routine
Good managers remember to recognize and motivate employees. Great managers do it every day. Here are some proven methods for making sure that praising employees becomes part of your daily routine:
Energizing Employees
The world of work has changed – fundamentally and forever – and so too have the employees who work within it. It used to be that most employers were able to offer their employees guaranteed employment. In exchange, employees gave their loyalty, involvement, and commitment to the company. However, times have changed, and this simple exchange between employer and employee is a thing of the past. Not only is guaranteed employment gone, but so too is employee loyalty. Managers today need new ways to get employees to do their best.
Recipe for Good Management: Allow Employees to Take Initiative
What makes a good manager? There are all sorts of definitions about management that attempt to describe what a manager does. Some of my favorites include “getting things done through others,” “being paid to make the difficult decisions,” and “protecting one’s people from the rest of the organization.” Yet I believe a better definition might be found in focusing on what a manager does NOT do. For example, a good manager does not solve employees’ problems for them, he does not ask his employees to do things he would not do himself, and he does not take credit for their ideas or work.
Retention : Successful Strategies For Keeping Your Most Valued Employees
Retention issues are vital to the success of any organization. Companies devote tremendous resources to attracting and hiring good people, yet they must be just as diligent about retaining them. To do this, effective retention strategies must be created that are based on one common theme — enhancing employee loyalty. An organization earns loyalty by creating a positive working environment that is stimulating and emphasizes an employee’s personal growth. It is sustained through a culture that encourages motivation, energy, innovation, and that accommodates to an employee’s lifestyle.
Happy Emplyees are More Productive Employees: Small workplace-enhancing changes can reap big rewards
Happy Employees are More Productive Employees: Small workplace- enhancing changes can reap big rewards
It’s not surprising that employees cite compensation as the number one factor that makes them professionally satisfied these days.