Here are some of the ways that they're helping
employees do better work and love their jobs.
Not exact matches
According to an American Psychological Association study, «Almost all
employees (93 percent) who reported feeling valued say they are motivated to
do their
best at
work.»
Acquiring the right staff ensures you can trust your
employees to get the
work done right and treat your customers
well.
«The
work that they've
done designing and executing on their engine is really impressive,» says Jory Bell, partner at Playground, which had former SpaceX
employees study Relativity's architecture before deciding to invest in its Series A. «And every technical decision they've made is optimized not only to serve their initial market, but to scale up as
well.»
People who
do good work don't always
do it for the praise, but it's still important that your
employees know you recognize and appreciate the
work they
do.
Sure, you pay your
employees and vendors to
work for you, but
do they put their heart and soul into making sure their
work for you is their
best?
They continually ask:
Do employees feel empowered to bring their
best selves to
work?
If you must increase how much
work your talented
employees are
doing, you'd
better increase their status as
well.
Here's his advice on motivating younger
employees to
do their
best work.
It's also a
good choice for people who care about the company they support, as Tom's of Maine funnels much of its profits to charities and encourages
employees to spend a percentage of their
working hours
doing volunteer activities.
At the end of the day, you want your
employees to be comfortable, enjoy their place of
work and have everything that they need to
do the
best job possible.
You don't necessarily have to prioritize quantity over quality, either: According to a meta - analysis by Gallup, one determinant of positive
employee attitudes — in addition to having learning opportunities and adequate office supplies — is answering yes to the question «I have a
best friend at
work.»
(Another former
employee disputes this: «Sometimes the quality of their
work wasn't so great, but for the most part they
did a
good job.»)
And according to the
employee engagement company MotivAction, it can also help you motivate them to
do their
best work.
And most importantly to managers,
employee mood had a clear impact on performance, including both how much
work employees did and how
well they
did it.
Hiring and expecting the
best from
employees can easily become a stressor if your culture doesn't allow for
good work - life balance.
The sooner
employees know what they're
doing well and what they need to improve upon, the sooner they can
work on making the necessary changes.
In Gallup's study, only three in 10 U.S.
employees strongly agree with the statement, «In the last seven days, I have received recognition or praise for
doing good work.»
At Code School, we
do this by setting aside one day every month where we encourage our
employees to
work on anything that makes them
better at their job.
Another
good option is encouraging
employees to
work from home if they don't feel 100 % up to coming in, so they can save on using a sick day and don't infect others.
Having all those issues spelled out in a handbook can free up an
employee to
do their
best work, he adds, without worries that an employer will treat them unfairly.
Do you believe you are a
better employee or business owner because you
work 50 - plus hours each week and answer email around the clock?
«Small business owners should not worry about [a higher minimum], because they will get a higher quality of
work, and your business will get much bigger returns from happier customers if you have happy
employees doing a
good job for you,» Nguyen says.
Loyal
employees may someday leave, but while they
work for you, they
do their
best and often even put the company's interests ahead of their own.
Do your
employees have hope that
good things will come from their hard
work?
Specifically, ask your
employees: «Can you list for me the factors that could contribute to your
doing the
best work of your life?»
Even though some of the
best talent
working for small businesses these days is young and doesn't always see the value in things like healthcare or life insurance, business owners will be
better able overall to attract and retain
good employees by offering those benefits.
Either you trust your
employee or not, and she
does good work or not.
Employees want someone who thinks they can actually
do good work, and then sits back and lets them
do that on their own.
What
do Warren Buffett, Amazon's late CFO, and
employee perks at the
Best Companies to
Work For have in common?
To have
employees who routinely perform exceptional
work and strive to
do their
best, it's important that they feel sufficiently compensated for their worth and comfortable discussing their growth.
Another question you should ask yourself is:
Did my colleagues and
employees return to
work inspired as
well?
For example, if you lose your job for refusing to lie for your boss, despite the fact that you
do good work and are a
good employee, you'll leave knowing you made the right decision... and confident that you can find something
better.
Not only
does the company allow their
employees to bring
well - behaved pets to
work everyday, but they also encourage customers to bring pets to the shop.
«Create a
work environment, daily, where
employees feel free and encouraged to openly express themselves without rigid confines so they can
do better work and make
good, impactful decisions.
We hope you understand that our decision was motivated by a deep desire to
do what is
best for Uber, and for the thousands of
employees working so hard every day.
She is a firm believer in the power of giving her
employees purpose, freedom, ownership, and recognition as a way to engage people to
do their
best work:
How to
do this seems to revolve a lot around consciously defining what sales should
do versus what customer service should
do, and which
employees should
work in which area — as
well as helping your team build on their strengths (which can often be
done for free, the guide insists).
«Bro culture not only leads to inhibiting current
employees from
doing their
best work, but also failing to attract the
best talent for the job once word gets out,» Manning says.
Employees take pride in a job
well done and enjoy
working for companies dedicated to customers.
But top - down policies won't bring about meaningful change, warns Yost, founder and president of the
Work + Life Fit Inc. consulting firm based in Madison, N.J. Instead, she recommends that companies adopt a «partnership» approach, encouraging employees to suggest arrangements that fit their own needs while still ensuring that work gets done — and gets done w
Work + Life Fit Inc. consulting firm based in Madison, N.J. Instead, she recommends that companies adopt a «partnership» approach, encouraging
employees to suggest arrangements that fit their own needs while still ensuring that
work gets done — and gets done w
work gets
done — and gets
done well.
We had so much
work to
do on Mr. Skin.com that the thought of another site was overwhelming... but at the same time I realized we have the
best group of
employees we've ever had, and we realized we had an opportunity: Who has
better infrastructure,
better knowledge,
better everything than we
do?
Work with your CPA or tax professional to figure out if being paid as a 1099 employee, being classified as a freelancer, or doing work on a contract by contract basis will work best for
Work with your CPA or tax professional to figure out if being paid as a 1099
employee, being classified as a freelancer, or
doing work on a contract by contract basis will work best for
work on a contract by contract basis will
work best for
work best for you.
You're far
better off
working from home at least some of the time, and allowing
employees to
do so, too.
The plant was by all accounts a microcosm of corporate America — a facility that was
well equipped but had a toxic atmosphere, the kind of place where managers perpetually told
employees what they were
doing wrong and union workers retaliated by finding excuses not to
work.
Whether you're a manager looking for increased productivity from a staff member, a coworker looking to
work better with others, or an
employee who wants to improve their relationship with a boss, you can use the following types of compliments to get the job
done.
After hiring the
best talent, treat
employees well to keep them around and motivate them to
do their
best work.
Out - of - touch executives don't realize that engaged
employees can create
better work at a faster rate than those who watch the clock.
Sending a clear message that
employees are trusted and empowered to get their
best work done, in a less traditional and / or rigid structure is extremely attractive, especially to millennials, women and people with disabilities.
Some
employees simply don't like
working from home, others don't have the skills to perform
well as at - home workers, but there are those who thrive.