It’s no secret that keeping employees motivated can be difficult, regardless of their job title, seniority, or compensation. In the midst of everyday operations, it’s important to take small steps to keep morale high and encourage employees to keep doing their best. Here are just a few strategies to help keep your employees motivated this fall.
Encourage And Implement Employee Feedback
One often overlooked way for employers to boost morale and performance is to solicit as much feedback as possible. Making it easy for employees to be honest about how they feel the company could improve makes them feel as though they have a voice, and implementing good suggestions makes employees feel like their voices have been heard. Whether it’s through sporadic email surveys, suggestion boxes, weekly meetings, or a different style of encouraging feedback, having a direct channel from employees to employers will help to streamline the process of communication as a whole.
Spend Time Away From The Office
It may sound surprising, but even your company’s best-rated employees could use a day out of the office every now and again. A study conducted by the American Society of Interior Design reported that 68% of employees complain about the lighting situation in their offices, and getting outdoors is one of the best ways for employees to connect with each other while gaining appreciation for their work life. Whether your employees are getting together for a happy hour after work or holding meetings at cafes instead of conference rooms, employers should encourage out-of-office activities and help to accommodate them.
Consider Team Building Exercises
Team building exercises or a team leadership course are essential to keep morale high and productivity higher. Team building exercises can help an employee feel a connection to their employer, their coworkers, and help them realize that they are helping the company succeed. A Gallup study revealed that engaged employees could boost a company’s productivity and performance by as much as 200% over a similar corporation with disengaged employees.
“Team building activities and games are supposed to be not only educational, but also enjoyable. They help the team learn about each other — how each person thinks, works, solves problems, and has fun,” writes Brianna Hansen on Wrike.com.
Promote From Within
Finally, offering employees internal promotion opportunities keeps them inspired and motivated to achieve success and further their careers.
“Your employees are more motivated when they know they’re working towards something. If they think there’s no opportunity for advancement, they don’t have much to work for. Nobody wants to work a dead-end job,” writes Margaret Jacoby in The Huffington Post. “Grooming young employees to move on to better opportunities is valuable to you as well because it enables you to build your company’s reputation as a great place to work.”
Ultimately, keeping these suggestions in mind during your business’s day-to-day operations is a surefire way to keep your workers motivated and inspired to do their best day in and day out.
