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How to Improve Morale in the Workplace

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It’s important to maintain a positive atmosphere at work for you and your staff. When morale gets low, it leads to counter-productive behavior and causes employees to get stressed and upset. To avoid these issues, here are some ideas on how you can keep high morale in the workplace.

Appraisals

Appraisals aren’t only opportunities to explore areas in which an employee can improve; they also allow staff to air any concerns they might be having regarding work. By providing a private and safe space for them to discuss how they’re feeling at work, this creates mutual trust between you. If employees feel as though they are being treated fairly and listened to, they will be more comfortable when they come into work, ultimately giving them a more positive attitude to their colleagues and duties.

 

Benefits

Another way in which you [Read more…] about How to Improve Morale in the Workplace

Simple Steps to Improving Employee Productivity

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By Steve Hutton

In the current economic climate it is vital that firms look to their own in-house policies to ensure that efficiency and productivity are maintained to give them the very best chance possible of enduring these uncertain times. One area in which companies can increase productivity is through reducing absenteeism and attrition, whilst also maintaining morale at the highest level possible. As they say “a happy workforce is a productive workforce”. There are a great number of ways that this can be achieved but the one I would like to focus on most is that of the working environment.

Often companies will prioritise the budget they have available to be spent on new systems, training and improving existing policies and procedures at all levels of the business. Whilst I agree that these can have an impact on improving productivity and output within the firm, they can be expensive and often are only be of limited duration. Often, by the very nature of these programs as soon as the projects have been completed, the Human Resources department suggests further programs and the cycle begins again.

The Importance of the Working Environment to Productivity   

A more cost-effective method would be to improve the working environment on the company premises. Often simple updates can have a significant impact on morale and productivity. For instance,  [Read more…] about Simple Steps to Improving Employee Productivity