Employee Happiness: How to ensure a healthy working space?
Well, as simple as this question appears when we talk to employees, we get an expression that says it all. Today when the world is so competitive and changing every second, people are becoming less caring and more work minded.
In between this hectic life, we have forgotten that at the end of the day we all are humans and humans are no solitary creatures but a social animal.
Do your employees love coming to the office?
Are you as an employer ensuring your team is happy? (Salary is not the only parameter to decide)
A survey by an anonymous professional networking app Blind found that 86 % of the Netflix employees said they were happy at work. The outcome is in front of us all. The company is creating new milestones in the entertainment and online streaming industry. A happy team can indeed work wonders.
A study published by Harvard Business School tells us why good companies go bad. Interestingly, they quoted:
Imposing the necessary discipline, however, ran counter to the Apple culture, and top management found itself frustrated whenever it tried to exert more control. The engineers simply refused to change their ways. The relationships with creative employees that enabled Apple’s early growth ultimately hindered it from responding to environmental changes.
Through these two examples, we see how a happy employee can contribute to the growth of a company. Now we will come to the next part of our blog.
How to make your employees happy?
- Respect
- Reward
- Respond
Respect
As we talked about in the beginning, a human being is a social animal. At the end of a presentation, call the person who presented and tell him/her how much you enjoyed it. Try recognizing the efforts of your employees by such small gestures. It means a lot to them. Yes, at the end of the day salary matters but respect shown enhances loyalty towards the organization. Start doing this and you will see immediate changes.
Reward
Reward your employees with incentives, birthday cakes, parties, trips, and awards from time to time depending on your budget. It creates a sense of belongingness to a group and is always a good team-building exercise. Also, it increases the feeling of healthy competition among your team. To make your job a little easier, here are 33 Amazing Employee Appreciation Ideas
Respond
Lastly, respond to your employee issues. A strong HR comes into the picture here. There are times when an employee is not performing well due to personal reasons. It becomes the responsibility of the company to counsel the person and listen to his/her issues. It may be less pay, conflict with co-workers, lack of appreciation, or anything. If a company can solve the issues of an employee keeping the best interests of the company intact, that company becomes great.
To conclude, employee happiness plays a very important role in the growth of an individual. Let us try creating a good stress-free working space for everyone and enjoy our work together.
While all these points can work for you, there are some leaders in industry such as feelix, infeedo, leena, and glintinc that offer interactive ways to increase employee engagement. They offer resources through which you can monitor the state of your employees and therefore offer the best solutions to enhance employee-employer relationship and build a better work environment.
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