How to Best Boost Morale (and Performance) of Employees

Existing and new employees can all benefit from a sense of happiness in the work place. Content workers will produce thriving results. It’s up to the manager or supervisor to ignite passion, drive, productivity, cohesion, atmosphere, or connectivity. The list is endless but they all inter-link to the same outcome – results.

Our thriving society has become considerably more intellectual. We have developed more skills and seem to pick up vast amounts of information very quickly. To know this is an advantage in itself. Employees thrive on responsibility. If an employee is capable then push the workload over the learning skill sets. Never assume! be productive, and employees will feel more important.

Problems do arise all the time in the work place. Employees may feel the strain when trying to reach targets. Many mangers will use the companies system and follow it by the book. Hence, “followed by the book”. If you find yourself forcing comments onto your fellow employees then try to question yourself first.

Example:

“You need to hit this target because that’s the minim requirement”
“But that’s just the way it is”
“Its come from the top, there is nothing I can do”
“Everyone has to follow the same rules”

A system is in place to give you direction not dictation. A good manger will have sound interpersonal skills and be able to personalise any given situation to a team or an individual person. Use a system as a guide and bend it until near breaking point.

Try these for style:

“You can manage yourself I don’t need to intervene”
“You know why I’ve asked you”
“I know what you’re capable of”
“If I hit management bonus this month you lot can have it”

Another way to increase the desire for targets is to throw simple things into the mix. Send out an email with a wisdom quote, joke, or a puzzle of the day. Get the team talking, laughing, and thinking. This separates the mundane process of daily repetition.

Smile and always welcome people into your private space. Even the people you don’t know you that well. Don’t be afraid to hug, complement, or hold a good conversation. These simple gestures go along way and make people feel accepted.

Finally, show some love. If you can get employees to forget about performance, bonus, pay, work load and all the other dynamics of working life. You can do anything. Love! is all about being so good within your position the whole process seems effortless. If your superiors ask you why you can over achieve and become the top performer month after month. All you need say is:

“It’s all about the love”

What your actually doing is offering something that can’t be measured, can’t be taught. That something is you.