5 Ways to Improve Your Employee’s Productivity

Although many entrepreneurs are reluctant to delegate tasks and believe that the full responsibility of business success relies on them, your employees are just as important to the running of your business. To increase the efficiency and productivity of your employees, it is important that you are able to focus on and prioritise employee wellbeing and morale within the structure of your business. 

  1. Training Courses and Qualifications

You should look into the best qualifications that you can invest in for both you and your employees. For instance, if you are looking at promoting your employees to a managerial level but you are unsure whether they have the right experience or skills, you should consider investing in a degree or Masters qualification for them. Not only this, but you can boost your employee productivity by educating yourself. For example, Deakin University offers you the chance to study for a Master of Leadership at Deakin, which can improve the way that you manage your employees and deal with any problems in the workplace.

One of the most important methods in which you can boost employee productivity is through training courses as this will allow them to hone their abilities and learn new skills which they can implement within their daily role. There are many industry specific training courses available in your local area and online, and the Australian government has funding schemes for these. However, if this is not possible, it is just as important to prioritise regular training days for your employees, within a minimum of one training course per annum. These will help to refresh your employees on certain processes and help them to make a constant improvement in their work. 

2. A Focus on Personal Development

Focusing on the personal development of your employees is also vital to their success, and that of your business as this can help them to feel more motivated and valued within their role. The skills that they learn during personal development tasks can also then be reinvested back into your business. Your company can focus on personal development by implementing strategies such as giving your employees an extra afternoon off a month to focus on hobbies or other pursuits, paying for them to attend a course that is unrelated to their work, or helping to find them volunteering or other opportunities which could boost their individual development.

3. Reward Schemes and Employee Events

Over half of Australians are unhappy with their job. However, initiating a way for your employees to receive praise on a regular basis is important so that employees feel motivated and successful in their job and so that know they are having a positive personal impact on the business. This can create a healthier and more positive atmosphere within the workplace. To implement this, you should consider creating reward schemes such as incentive based pay rises or prizes such as days out or holidays if your employees reach certain goals. You should also set up regular employee events such as parties or barbecues to boost socialisation and morale at work by rewarding your employees for a season of hard work. Some of the best employee incentives also include discounts, competitions, or freebies, such as free food on one day of the week. 

4. Annual Meetings and Target Setting

It is also important to focus on employee growth by holding annual meetings and setting targets. Holding annual meetings with your employees will open up a two way communication that will allow them to give feedback on their workplace such as what they want to see improved and any issues that they may be having, at the same time as allowing you to discuss what they could improve and any areas that they should work on. The targets that are set within these meetings are vital to the improvement of employees throughout the year as these give employees something to aim towards outside of their daily role and can give them the motivation to improve skills and work hard without further incentive. You can also use this opportunity to communicate any change that is happening within the business and reassure your employees that they will not be effected.

5. Team Building Days

If the problems in your workplace stem from a lack of socialisation between employees, you should try to boost productivity by setting up team building games and days in which all employees must participate. This will help to strengthen the bonds between employees, act as an ice breaker for new staff, and also allow employees to have fun. This will, in turn, have a positive effect on group projects and meetings in the future as your employees will feel more comfortable to contribute to conversations and will be better at working as a team and communicating with one another.

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