Keeping employees happy

By: Omar Dek Aden

There are many things that you have to worry about as you have business in the world today.

When employees feel that they are dynamic and essential part of the team, they are more productive and willing to go the extra mile for their customer and co-workers.

Therefore provide praise openly, set goals appropriate to the work and always take your employees’ needs seriously.

Keeping your employees happy is certainly one of the things that you are going to want to focus on.

This is especially true if you have gone through the trouble to find employees that you really feel are valuable and most important resource in any organization or country to you in each and every way.

Once you have   found the employees that fit into your business, do good work and to lose trust, you simply do not want to lose them because of something that you have done or something else that you could have helped.

People who are good at what they do or who are good employees are going to know that they can find work anywhere, so they are going to need to be kept happy, no matter what you do, so that you do not lose them. On the same token, you should know that an employee who demands things that can not might do might not be the best employee for you. There are several tricks that you can use to make sure that your employees stay happy.

First of all, think about what they are doing for you and make sure that they have the conditions that make this worldwide for them. Are they working under safe and health conditions, conditions that make them happy?

Can you tell that are going to be happy in their work?   Are there safety measures or other things that could do to make sure that they stay happy at work?

Secondly remember that you should respect and listen to your staff. Is there a place where you can have a suggestion box or something else that will let your employees tell you how they feel about certain matters?

You’ll be giving them the motivational push they need to stay loyal and committed to the business’s goals. And you have a happy and productive employees that is eager to contribute, your business can whether any economy storm.

This is something that you might find more important than you think. If you have a way to tell what they need or how they feel, you might be surprised by what kind of results you get.

Also, be sure that there is a way that they can suggest or ask things without talking to you face to face.

Often people are intimidated and will not ask for something unless they can do it anonymously.

Also, when an employee asks for something, see if you can do it. Even if it is something small, you might be surprised at how much of a difference it will make in a person’s work day.

You want to keep your employees happy and keep them working for you and even if it is something that you can do through the small things.

You should try to do so. you might find that it makes all of the difference in your business.

Omar Dek Aden is an Assistant lecturer and undergraduate in the faculty of Human Resource Management and Leadership. His research interest is Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior. Follow him on Facebook cumar Deeq Aaden or he can be reached at cumarc2010@gmail.com

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