The most successful way to keep your employees happy
No matter where you work, employee happiness and wellbeing is an integral part of any business, and should be given due consideration. We’re not just talking about the amount of money they earn and various perks they get (though those are important too), but how they genuinely feel about the work they do.
Happy employees are satisfied and feel a sense of accomplishment in their work. They like themselves and what they do, and they find satisfaction from their work – a sense that what they do is important and meaningful. Such feelings reduce stress, which is a major factor of productivity. Here are some fantastic ways to keep your employees happy.
Make employees feel like they belong
It is imperative that all employees feel like they have a friend at work. This can be hard, especially when the business is busy and everyone is working at full pace. All employees should feel like they have someone to talk to if everything gets too much and they should never be made to feel excluded or lonely. The better the whole team gets along, the better they will work. People need to feel like they know each other and so time getting on with one another will yields positive results.
Make the office a comfortable place to work
Not only should your employees feel comfortable with the people they are working with, but they should also feel comfortable with the place that they work. Giving your employees places like chill out zones, beer fridges, comfortable chairs, coffee vending machines and state of the art technology will not only give people something to look forward to and ma
Keep your employees informed
Managers and MD’s have a better idea on how the company is moving forward than their employees do. It will help them massively if you let them know what’s going on. Things that managers take for common knowledge about how things are going or what challenges are down the road or what new products are coming. Some managers don’t often take the time to share that with their employees. Spreading your knowledge about the business allows everyone who works in the company to feel more part of the family and strengthens the feeling among workers that they are a worthy part of the organization.
Be consistent for the long haul
If you consistently start an engagement initiative and then drop it your efforts will not work in the long wrong, causing employee estrangement. People are exhausted and displeased from programme of the day initiatives that engage their passion and then fizzle out when the manager doesn’t end up seeing it through, quits, or gets moved to another department. There’s a connection between an employee’s commitment to an initiative and a manager’s commitment to supporting it.
