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By Rhymney Mazza

How to improve job satisfaction for you and your employees


Management

You want to make your business the best place to work, right? You should strive to be happy within your team (and others should be happy to work with you as well). When people are not satisfied with their jobs, they’ll start looking elsewhere. As a business owner, one of your roles is to make sure this doesn’t happen. Keep the following suggestions in mind when it comes to improving job satisfaction in your workplace.

Communicate

Communication is a two-way street and involves active listening from both parties. Ask your employees questions about their role and responsibilities. What are they happy with? What are they not happy with? You want your employees to feel comfortable voicing their issues when the opportunity presents itself. Communication channels can be one-on-one or involve the entire team. However the means, give more opportunities for you and your employees to communicate with each other.

Be realistic with your expectations

If you want your job satisfaction (and your employees’) to be at a high level, you need to set realistic expectations. When you don’t, you run the risk of burning out your employees and throwing them into high pressure situations. When you set a deadline or propose a project timeline, critically reflect on the resources, manpower and the amount of time you have given. Can it be done? Even more importantly, can it be done well?

Healthy and productive work environments

When it comes to your work environment, health and safety is without a doubt your top priority. This takes into consideration both the physical and mental health of your employees. It’s important to normalise the topic of healthy working habits and integrate such conversations into your workplace culture. When employees feel happy and healthy, their productivity will be at it’s highest.

Fair compensation and recognition

It’s important to reward effort and fairly compensate your employees when they have exceeded expectations. Employees want to feel appreciated rather than constantly worrying about their performance review. Make sure that all of your employees are treated fairly, equally, and respectfully.

Prioritise employee well-being

As mentioned before, it’s important for you to focus on the well-being of your employees. If you see a member of your team behaving out of character or their work quality has significantly decreased, it’s important to set them aside and ask them what is wrong from a position of genuine concern.

Foster relationships at work

Building professional and cordial relationships at work leads to a higher morale and spreads positivity. You want your employees to look forward to coming to work, knowing they get along with their co-workers.

Give feedback often

Why wait for those quarterly or yearly performance reviews to give feedback? Your employees will usually question whether or not they are doing a good job well beforehand. Give feedback as often as possible. If they are doing a good job, fantastic, let them know. If they are not doing a good job, let them know what the issue is and make recommendations on how they can improve.

Focus on the long term

Needless to say, your business is setting up to achieve your long-term goals. Let your employees know that while the small wins matter, they always need to keep an eye on the bigger picture. The work continues no matter how many small wins you or your team rack up.

Offer learning opportunities

Want to know how to improve job satisfaction in the workplace? The answer is simple: give your employees the opportunity to learn something new.

Measure engagement frequently

Tracking levels of engagement is key to maintaining a positive workplace. Measure how well you are engaging your employees and employee-to-employee engagement. The higher the engagement, the better. If you want to know how to improve job satisfaction and increase employee engagement, measuring it frequently is one of the first steps to take.

A sense of purpose and meaning

What is the purpose of your team? What are their goals? Why are they here? It is important that you and your team know what you’re working towards. Knowing this true purpose and meaning will give you and your team focus.

Team building exercises

Consider doing team building exercises on a regular basis. Team building exercises result in a culture where people can more easily communicate and solve problems with one another.

About the author

Rhymney

Customer Service Coordinator at Lisnic.com 🤝

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