Your staff needs to be a well-oiled machine to be as effective as possible. But how do you manage your team to ensure that they are the most productive while they’re at work? Even if your employees are productive now, don’t wait until they’re not to enhance their experience. You should encourage them, challenge them, and motivate them throughout their careers. Here are some great ideas you can implement right now to help your workforce stay productive and motivated all year long.

  • Communicate goals effectively. Your team can’t be productive if they don’t know why. When you assign a task, let them know how it relates to the bigger picture. If not, you risk having them misunderstand the project and having to do it over again.
  • Have an open book policy. You’ve heard of an open door policy, but this is different. Keep your financial records as available as possible. You want your team to feel like they are contributing to the bottom line and if they don’t know what that is, they can’t.
  • Create realistic incentives. Far too many employees have worked for companies who keep the performance bonuses just out of reach. Give your employees something they can really work for and that will encourage them to try to reach those goals.
  • Build trust with employees. You also want your employees to trust you. Treat them, and your customers, with great integrity and you will build a sense of loyalty and trust within your team. You want them to approach their work with the same values.
  • Find out what’s important to them. Treat your employees like people. Find out what is important to them in their day to day life and take a legitimate interest. If you treat them like machines without outside interests, it will be clear that you don’t care and they will become restless.
  • Understand their individual motivation. Once you know who they are as people, you’ll begin to understand how they work best within your office environment. Incentives don’t have to be the same across the board. Personalize them for each employee’s style and interests.

Do you want to get the most out of your staff this year? Harvard Resource Solutions Staffing Agencies in Detroit MI can help you motivate your team, so call today!

 

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