Creating a Caring Environment in a Company
Creating a caring environment in a company is a prerequisite for retention. Let's try and understand what employees do for your company by listing down the daily routine of an average employee. This is an approximate figure of the number of hours a person spends doing different things in a day.
10 hours - work
1 hour - travel to work
4 hours - family time/entertainment
9 hours - rest/sleep
From this, we can recognize that an employee spends most of their time at the workplace. They get very little time with their family and usually go home just to dine and sleep. Most employees go to work out of compulsion rather than motivation. After a dull and boring day at work, they can't wait to get back home.
The Challenge
If the employees are disinterested and disconnected at work, their performance and efficiency will turn out to be extremely low, which costs more to the company than the employees. 85% of global employees are described by Gallup as "emotionally disconnected from their workplaces."
Disengaged employees are basically deaf, dumb, or blind.
- Some employees are so disconnected that they turn deaf to your insights or instructions.
- Some employees turn blind and intentionally overlook the company's mission and any suggestions or errors.
- Some employees act dumb and don't care to speak or improvise at work.
The Solution - How to Get Your Employees to Listen, See, and Speak to You
An employee's experience at work needs to be redefined if you want to take your company to greater heights. This does not mean higher pay or a better workspace. It simply means appreciating, recognizing, and rewarding your employees. Regular feedback and motivation can highly improve efficiency.
You can use a social recognition platform to appreciate and reward your employees. This will definitely boost their morale and make them want to go the extra mile for the company.
Get Your Employees to Listen to You by Listening to Them
An employee should feel that their inputs are valuable. Their ideas should not be neglected but appreciated and considered for implementation. This makes them feel like a very important part of the organization.
Surveys should be circulated to ask for opinions on important matters. Employee engagement surveys can serve as useful insights to hear out all your employees and make necessary changes to make them feel happy and satisfied at work.
Make Your Employees See and Align to the Company's Mission
Sometimes an employee who has stayed with the company for the longest time does not even know the organizational values. Even if they know the values, they completely overlook them and regard them as insignificant. Thus, it is very important for an employee to be aligned with the company's vision.
Employees need to see the company as their own and be driven to make it achieve its goals. This can be made possible if the employees are regularly appreciated and rewarded for their work. Knowing that their work is being acknowledged makes them want to work harder the next time.
Give a Voice to Your Employees
Your employees often don't speak or even respond to you. This is because important matters are reserved only for the managers and owners. This should not be the case if you want to engage your employees, as engagement is ultimately going to take your company to the zenith of success.
While the final decision-making can be vested in the top management, the opinions of all employees should be taken into consideration. Not making them a part of important decisions makes them feel that the company is not open to their inputs.
If the employees feel like the company is their own, only then will they be highly committed to their work. They should be made to feel that their opinions really matter.
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1Creating a caring environment in a company is a prerequisite for retention. Let's try and understand what employees do for your company by listing down the daily routine of an average employee. This is an approximate figure of the number of hours a person spends doing different things in a day.
10 hours - work
1 hour - travel to work
4 hours - family time/entertainment
9 hours - rest/sleep
From this, we can recognize that an employee spends most of their time at the workplace. They get very little time with their family and usually go home just to dine and sleep. Most employees go to work out of compulsion rather than motivation. After a dull and boring day at work, they can't wait to get back home.
The Challenge
If the employees are disinterested and disconnected at work, their performance and efficiency will turn out to be extremely low, which costs more to the company than the employees. 85% of global employees are described by Gallup as "emotionally disconnected from their workplaces."
Disengaged employees are basically deaf, dumb, or blind.
- Some employees are so disconnected that they turn deaf to your insights or instructions.
- Some employees turn blind and intentionally overlook the company's mission and any suggestions or errors.
- Some employees act dumb and don't care to speak or improvise at work.
The Solution - How to Get Your Employees to Listen, See, and Speak to You
An employee's experience at work needs to be redefined if you want to take your company to greater heights. This does not mean higher pay or a better workspace. It simply means appreciating, recognizing, and rewarding your employees. Regular feedback and motivation can highly improve efficiency.
You can use a social recognition platform to appreciate and reward your employees. This will definitely boost their morale and make them want to go the extra mile for the company.
Get Your Employees to Listen to You by Listening to Them
An employee should feel that their inputs are valuable. Their ideas should not be neglected but appreciated and considered for implementation. This makes them feel like a very important part of the organization.
Surveys should be circulated to ask for opinions on important matters. Employee engagement surveys can serve as useful insights to hear out all your employees and make necessary changes to make them feel happy and satisfied at work.
Make Your Employees See and Align to the Company's Mission
Sometimes an employee who has stayed with the company for the longest time does not even know the organizational values. Even if they know the values, they completely overlook them and regard them as insignificant. Thus, it is very important for an employee to be aligned with the company's vision.
Employees need to see the company as their own and be driven to make it achieve its goals. This can be made possible if the employees are regularly appreciated and rewarded for their work. Knowing that their work is being acknowledged makes them want to work harder the next time.
Give a Voice to Your Employees
Your employees often don't speak or even respond to you. This is because important matters are reserved only for the managers and owners. This should not be the case if you want to engage your employees, as engagement is ultimately going to take your company to the zenith of success.
While the final decision-making can be vested in the top management, the opinions of all employees should be taken into consideration. Not making them a part of important decisions makes them feel that the company is not open to their inputs.
If the employees feel like the company is their own, only then will they be highly committed to their work. They should be made to feel that their opinions really matter.
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Creating a caring environment in a company is crucial for employee retention and engagement. To achieve this, companies should focus on appreciating, recognizing, and rewarding employees. Regular feedback, motivation, and using social recognition platforms can significantly boost morale and improve efficiency. Additionally, involving employees in decision-making processes, aligning them with the company's mission, and valuing their inputs through surveys and feedback mechanisms are key strategies to enhance employee engagement. By creating a culture where employees feel valued, heard, and aligned with the organization's goals, companies can foster a more engaged and committed workforce, leading to increased productivity and retention rates.
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