Encouraging Employee Initiative in the Workplace
Encouraging employee initiative goes beyond mere leadership; it means creating an environment where proactive behaviors are acknowledged and rewarded, benefiting both the individual and the organization. Empowering employees to take action and contribute actively not only enhances productivity but also nurtures a culture of innovation and growth. Here's a comprehensive approach to cultivate a culture of employee initiative and empowerment within your organization.
Employee Leadership in 3 Easy Steps
Employee leadership is critical to maintaining employee morale and motivating employees toward organizational goals. Here are three tips to ensure you lead your employees effectively.
Employee Recognition Is Engaging
We write a lot about utilizing gift cards for employee recognition in this space because frankly they're a great way to recognize your employees for great work on a limited budget. But all of our effort to convince you is for naught if employee recognition programs are not implemented correctly within your organization.
Here's the concern,
If You Could Fix Your Employee Compensation, Would You?
If you knew 50% of your employees didn't feel like they were being paid fairly, would you make the necessary adjustments to ensure your employees felt fairly compensated? Would you want to ensure your employees felt like if they were doing a good job, they were getting paid for it? Seems fairly obvious that you would but, according to the 2014 Towers Watson Global Workforce study, only 40% of employees think their employer links performance and pay scale. These numbers are pretty staggering. It's time employers listen to employees regarding employee compensation before there is irreparable harm done to the employee employer relationship and retention rates decline. Employers, on the other hand, know that they are only doing a mediocre job communicating pay scale. Only 35% of employers think their employees understand how base pay is communicated. So, employers have a few options at their disposal to improve employee compensation issues:
Establishing (and Maintaining) Work Life Balance
Work life balance is something that all employers and employees struggle with. However, working to maintain that work life balance can be some of the most important time you spend keeping your employees happy and fulfilled at work. Here are three ways you can work with your employees to ensure that both you as the employer promote a work life balance and an environment where employees believe in the importance of a work life balance.
