How can a company assess their employees’ specific needs to increase motivation?
It’s incredibly important that employees feel an internal drive to be successful. Much of that depends on their personal and professional goals. Employees’ contributions will correlate to how they advance along those goals. Companies that focus on employee programs that include training, mentoring, community service and employee wellness may fair better in motivating employee productivity. What are important aspects of a positive work environment? No. 1 is communication. A positive work environment ensures open, honest and lateral communications with leadership. Consistency and transparency are just as important. Employees who are engaged in healthy communication and receive frequent communication have more buy-in and are stronger advocates of the brand. A positive environment also allows employees to make mistakes, with the comfortable expectation of correcting them in an appropriate way so they’ll not fear for their jobs and not fear for being human. You should celebrate these opport