Boost Employee Morale With An Employee Incentive Program
Is there a lull in your office? Are your employees not satisfied
anymore with the way that you are manning the place? Good
managers know from their own observations that employee attitude
affects their work and eventually the company's output.
When your employees have a happy and healthy attitude the
company will be able to reap the many benefits of this through
the constant flow of good business as well as higher profits.
But what if the employees are actually not happy with the way
management is handling the company? Is your company already
headed towards a downward spiral? Maybe. But it is certainly
never too late for the company to turn things around by
implementing new rules and regulations that are employee
friendly.
1. Not Overly Competative
It is essential that your incentive program will actually
inspire and motivate them to work efficiently and not just be
competitive with each other. Healthy competition among the
company's employees is good but too much of it may also cause
the company to disintegrate. A certain level of camaraderie is
needed in order to have a harmonious working environment that is
conducive to working efficiently and productively.
2. Clearly Define Your Goals
When it comes to creating the right kind of employee incentive
program for the company, the management should be able to set
some goals concerning the program. This way, the management will
have a clear view of what they really want this employee
incentive program to do, and gauge whether or not it actually
worked. The company should still be very much hands-on with the
whole employee incentive program to ensure that the outcome of
the employee incentive program will be good.
- Goals must be reasonable! Don't expect the program to result
in a major increase in profits, and don't expect the results to
appear right away - Provide ways for employees to provide highly
creative ideas - Encourage a good working environment. A clean,
fresh environment will motivate employees - Set up a review
committee that is qualified to judge the results of the program.
This is perhaps more important than the program itself - Ensure
that appropriate recognition must be given to employees who
share the most noteworthy suggestions
It is best that when you are starting an employee incentive
program that you set a strict set of rules that will be clear to
each and every one of the company's employees starting with -
3. Let Employees Provide Suggestions Easily
- Who is eligible to join the employee incentive program? - When
it comes to an eligible suggestion, what should employees take
at heart? - Any suggestion no matter how farfetched should be
allowed (as long as they are not vulgar or offensive)