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5 Questions To Ask Your Team Members Every Month

The Proxperts — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 12:03:44 +0000

The entrepreneur of a business is always aware of the situations of his organization but the employees often feel uncared or unnoticed. Here we present to you 5 questions which you can ask your employees every month. These questions are not the panacea of employer-employee relationship but this can definitely help.

What is your biggest accomplishment during the month

Asking an employee about his biggest accomplishment of the month triggers in him a sense of achievement and that his performance matters. By asking about an employee’s accomplishment during the month you are giving you employee a sense of personal pride in his professional achievement. These accomplishments are measure of the employee performance which can be useful in performance appraisal and HR planning.

What’s your biggest challenge right now

Asking about the challenges your employees are facing helps you as their leader to better understand the situation and provide a solution. While asking the question about challenges your personal problem solving mode is activated which helps in faster solution of the problems in your business or department. When you ask your employee about his/her biggest challenge you are showing empathy to the position to that person. When employees see empathy they feel safe, they have a sense of belonging.

What should we do differently

Humans like to advice, if we use this psychological principle we can reduce the hesitation to change in our organization. By asking the employees about what we should do differently; we create sense of pride and joy of advising in the employees. This results in better understanding for you as well as your team about what needs to be changed and what is the right solution not only the best one. Asking your employees about the changes needed help you to identify the points of problems which help you to implement the changes as necessary.

What resources would be helpful to you right now

This question helps you to understand about the resources which are lacking in your organization or department which you need to refill or replace. This helps the entrepreneur or leader to assess the preparedness of his organization to face the challenges. The entrepreneur, by asking this question shows empathy with his employees that he understands their limitations and is ready to extend every kind of help that is necessary.

Is there anything I can help you with

When you as a leader or entrepreneur ask this question he is extending support which is non-financial in nature. You are offering guidance and your energy and time rather than other impersonal resource. This gives the employees a sense of belonging to the organization. This positively affects the motivation and engagement of the employees. Higher motivation is a result of better trust in the leadership.

Giving Recognition at Work

The Proxperts — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 11:50:02 +0000

Recognition of work done is a source of motivation for every human being leave alone employees. For an entrepreneur recognition of work done is the yearly profits, business growth, growth of network and maybe some occasional felicitation by an external agency or organization. Recognition for an employee might be monthly incentives or some kind of awards like employee of the month or employee of the quarter or the best salesman of the quarter.

Here are some eye opening statistics about recognition at work place

Nearly 25% employees are not given constructive feedback throughout the year
Giving regular recognition results in 15% increase in employee engagement and 2% increase in operating margin in just one year
90% employees said recognition motivates them to do a better job
Nearly half of UK employees prefer more frequent recognition than a yearly bonus
37% don’t think they get enough recognition
64% of workers would leave their job to work for a company that clearly recognized contributions.

Appreciation is a fundamental human need

Half-hearted recognition is worse than no recognition at all

Cost of Recognition = 0 Rs

8 Proven Strategies to Workplace Excellence

The Proxperts — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 11:34:14 +0000

Workplace excellence is imperative for the exponential growth of an organization. It is an aspect of the business which usually stays undefined and hence non measurable and illusive to the entrepreneur. An attempt at defining workplace excellence would be “Performing the functions of the business in a manner in which it exceeds the expectations”.

Here are 8 proven strategies for achieving workplace excellence

A Compelling Positive Vision and clear Goals

Employees should see a positive compelling vision in which they should be able to identify their role and the impact of their roles on the success and failure of the organization

Communicating the Right Information at the Right Time

Transparency in an organization is very essential. Conveying the right information is very important because “Half information is more dangerous than no information”

Hiring the right employees and managers

Hire people who are right for your organization not the good people. When you hire right people instead of good people you are not just looking at skills but whether they can fit in with your culture

Making Accountability count

Most tasks are delayed not because of lack in planning or resources but because of lack of accountability towards the tasks undertaken. Accountability is the control which the employee keeps on himself by promising to complete the tasks with specified parameters at pre decided time

Focus on Innovation and Continuous Improvement

Focusing on innovation paves the way for brilliant and creative candidates drive to you while your existing employees are happy at your organization.

Teamwork : We are one team

A sense of camaraderie motivates the employees to stay at your organization. Because they have sense of belonging and a trust in their colleagues that they will be there for them.

Celebration : Recognizing and Rewarding the highest achievers

Recognizing the employee’s efforts and achievements gives a sense of purpose to the employees and a sense that they matter. This recognition is many times more valuable for the employee than the yearly bonus

The Loyalty Connection: Trust, Genuine Care and Respect

The organization where the employees are the most loyal is the best organization in the world. Loyalty which can never be purchased and can only be earned over time.