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5 Ideas to Increase Employee Productivity

Employee Productivity

By Pradip MohapatraPublished 3 years ago 4 min read
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Work.Eat.Sleep.Repeat. An employee’s general routine looks like something as monotonous as this. Employees form the backbone of any organization. Happy and motivated employees bring constant growth to the company. To keep the organization up and flourishing, it becomes a necessity to break the monotonous cycle that the employees follow. This helps in keeping the employees energized and productive and ensures that their motivation levels are at their peak. As an entrepreneur, manager, or business owner, you need to know that your employees are satisfied with the work they do, are challenged from time to time, and are rewarded appropriately for their efforts.

Let us discuss a few things you can do to keep your employees motivated and upbeat:

1. Training

Employees should be trained every once in a while. Stagnant work processes lead to dwindling performance. The introduction of new software or a new procedure demands the assistance of proper training. It is quite apparent that new employees work better when they are provided with the necessary and sufficient training as soon as they join an organization. An initial period of training ensures that the employees are familiar with the work, the required skill-set and are well acquainted with their team members.

When an employee feels more comfortable on the job, he/she is more likely to perform better and with increased efficiency.

2. Let ideas flourish

People work the best when they have a sense of responsibility and ownership. Letting brains run at their own pace brings out incredible results. Managers who micromanage the work of their team generally add to the stress levels on the job, causing them to make more mistakes. In return, the managers feel an increased need to monitor them. But that does not solve the problem. It has been proven that employees work better and efficiently when trusted and given a degree of autonomy. Autonomous situations bring out the best in employees. It motivates employees more than financial incentives do. So, before you start dictating the tasks for the day or constantly monitoring them, give your employees the freedom to manage their tasks. The more responsible they feel for their job, the more efficient the outcomes are. Best performers are the employees who feel ownership of their work and feel needed within the company.

3. Celebrate and reward achievements

It is very important to recognize good work to increase employee engagement and produce optimal results. Recognize employees on a job well done through various incentives. While monetary awards are by default incentivizing, other methods of celebrations like social praises and peer to peer appreciation makes a huge difference too. Employee engagement forms the pillar of a streamlined workday. Recognition is essential to increase productivity and reduce stress levels in the workplace. Platforms like Advantage Club can help here! Reach out to us at [email protected] to know more.

4. Add more perks

While financial incentives and raises are major motivating factors for employees, perks are the part of the fun that they don't want to miss out on. On-the-job perks make employees particularly happy. With tech giants increasing useful perks for employees, smaller companies and startups have begun to realize that it's an area that needs urgent attention. Perks, rewards, and recognition are a surefire way to improve employee productivity. Appreciated and recognized employees feel their need in the organization which further fuels their desire to be better.

Among all the operations that an organization performs, looking out for employee perks can be a challenging task.

Advantage Club, a platform that provides perks, rewards, and recognition under one roof.

5. Let them be socially connected

Using social media during work hours might seem like a very distracting idea. Social media, although, proves to be a very crucial element of rebooting for employees. You can also use the Advantage Club tool to create an internal social newsfeed to keep employees apprised of all the awards and appreciations in the organization, and helping employees like and comment on each others achievements. You can also create specialized social clubs like hobby clubs around photography, reading, parenting etc where employees can post pictures, links of videos or general content and engage with each other.

Happy employees mean a vertical scale in the productivity of an organization. Follow these strategies to ensure your employees stay happy and energized throughout the day.

Need more employee engagement ideas? Reach out to Advantage Club at [email protected] to know more.

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Pradip Mohapatra

Pradip Mohapatra is a professional writer, a blogger who writes for a variety of online publications. he is also an acclaimed blogger outreach expert and content marketer.

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