{"id":413,"date":"2014-03-20T23:09:49","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T23:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.voxer-blog.com\/?p=413"},"modified":"2019-10-04T19:07:46","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T19:07:46","slug":"5-ways-to-improve-morale-and-productivity-at-the-same-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voxer.com\/blog\/5-ways-to-improve-morale-and-productivity-at-the-same-time\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways to Improve Morale and Productivity at the Same Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

What\u2019s best for your employees is often what\u2019s best for you and your company too. Keeping them happy and with purpose will also help them to be their most productive selves. So, just follow these mutually beneficial tips and help everyone return to doing the good work.<\/em><\/p>\n

1. Build a Competent Team<\/strong><\/p>\n

Assemble your best workers, and then trust them to get the job done. There\u2019s nothing wrong about checking in with them from time to time, but don\u2019t hover over your employees\u2019 or co-workers\u2019 shoulders. It breeds a sense of mistrust and contempt in the office, which will inevitably backfire and shoot down your productivity. Instead, communicate in an open and transparent manner with them about what\u2019s expected from them, as well as what they can expect from you. Basically, give your people the job, the resources, and the parameters, and then just get out of their way, but stay close enough to offer assistance if it\u2019s requested.<\/p>\n

2. Get Feedback from Your Employees and Co-Workers, Then Implement It<\/strong><\/p>\n

These are the people who have to work under or alongside you day in and day out. If many of them find working with you to be irritating, cumbersome, or exasperating, then you may need to change something about yourself. Yet, only your closest work friends will have the moxie to actually tell you that they have an issue with your work or managerial style. So, you may need to ask for responses via an anonymous survey to get the feedback you\u2019re seeking. At worst, your employees will be honest, tell you what they find problematic, and you\u2019ll have ideas of what to fix. And at best, you\u2019ll discover that your employees find you agreeable, but the simple fact that you genuinely asked for their input will give them a greater sense of respect for your leadership.<\/p>\n

3. Make Sure Your Employees’ Goals and Your Company’s Goals Align<\/strong><\/p>\n

Whenever you hire somebody, you should always ask what their goals are for themselves. If someone\u2019s applying for an investment banking job, but he really wants to write Young Adult novels for a living, odds are pretty good that your goals don\u2019t align. It\u2019s only a matter of time before his heart will pull his head away from the task you\u2019ve assigned him, and he\u2019ll no longer feel like he\u2019s learning from or being fulfilled by his work. Every one of us wants to feel that our work has a higher purpose \u2013 that our jobs are more than just jobs \u2013 so be sure to share your company\u2019s vision with your employees, and then make sure they\u2019re on board to help make it a reality.<\/p>\n

4. Walk and Talk with Your Team Members<\/strong><\/p>\n

Steve Jobs was famous amongst his colleagues for his walking meetings. He\u2019d meet up with other high-level executives in stiff suits and ask them to take a walk with him in a park not far from Apple\u2019s headquarters. And out of these meetings came the ideas for some of the company\u2019s greatest inventions. Borrow a lesson from one of the greats and adopt this practice. Your employees will feel valued by your asking them to share in this unique, out-of-office experience with you. And getting out of the desk chair to move around for a bit has great health benefits for the body and wonderful outlook benefits for the mind. So take your meetings to the streets. You\u2019ll be surprised by how much more easily your ideas flow when you\u2019re expressing them while walking on two feet, surrounded by fresh air, and taking in all that a non-sterile environment has to offer.<\/p>\n

5. Recognize Employees for Their Efforts<\/strong><\/p>\n

People are only motivated by money to a certain extent. Once their basic needs are met by it, they start seeking employment for other, higher reasons. They want to work for a company that makes a difference, or one that does great work that gets recognized and even rewarded for its uniqueness and unparalleled quality. Along the same lines, your employees want recognition as much as you want your company to be recognized. So compliment your employees publicly for a job well done. \u00a0Celebrate their accomplishments and awards, both on the job and off. Make sure they know that their quality work and input is valued at your company. Otherwise, they may start looking for other companies and managers that do.<\/p>\n

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