One of the biggest concerns of business owners and managers is the productivity of their staff. You want your employees working at their peak level, but are you providing all the necessary resources to do so? In this blog, we will look at some ways that your company may be falling short in delivering an experience where employees can be at their most successful.

Lack of Availability

This first one is simple: be there for your employees. While going away from time to time can help create self-reliant employees, having management unavailable on a consistent basis can do more harm than good. Because of this, many employers are adopting an open-door policy that promotes a greater flow of communication. The goal of this practice is to have employees feel comfortable approaching management with questions, comments and concerns, and for employers to gain a better understanding of the daily life within a department. However, in some cases having an open-door policy isn’t enough. To find out what’s really going on within the company, managers have to get involved and meet with employees in their space. It can be amazing what you can learn by taking a few minutes to walk around and talk to your employees.

Lack of Feedback

Receiving feedback is important to individual and overall success, but many employers tend to overlook encouraging it. You can gain valuable insights as well as develop a culture of innovation by inviting employees to voice their thoughts and opinions on various situations and decisions. A few of the most common ways that feedback can be gathered is through performance reviews, meetings or surveys. Whichever method you choose, make sure your employees know their ideas are being listened to and acted upon.

Lack of Transparency

Another part of having a successful business structure is aligning an employee’s individual work goals to the overall goals of the company. If your employees don’t understand the company vision, they will have a hard time matching their goals with the bigger picture. To build greater transparency, trust and loyalty in the workplace, the company vision should be kept at the forefront by regularly communicating company-wide goals.

Lack of Accountability

Employers should strive to lead by example, which sometimes means having to answer for certain actions and outcomes. Displaying accountability at the top level of your organization will demonstrate responsibility and promote trust. This will eventually spread throughout all levels, creating a cohesive company that will run more self-sufficiently.

Lack of Passion

Similar to accountability, passion is contagious. When a company has leadership that exudes energy, it spreads to everyone. This positive attitude influences how the organization runs. It leads to less conflict and more employees who are willing to do more for their company.

Lack of Training

Employee development can take many forms such as assigning mentors to new hires, cross-training current staff or having employees attend work-related industry events. Employees are your company’s greatest asset. By promoting growth and training opportunities, you’ll see a more involved and dynamic workforce.

If you take the time to fix the issues laid out above, you will develop a culture that will engage your employees, lower turnover and increase productivity.

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