Are employees in your business frustrated because they feel they are not respected or have been taken for granted by supervisors, managers, or staff?

Have the employees in your business felt helpless because of the changing economic climate and increasing demands of serving internal and external customers?

Have hostilities increased because of an overwhelming workload and perceived lack of support?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, employee morale is negatively impacting your company’s bottom line. The majority of employees quit their job for reasons that are connected with the culture, climate and environment of the organization. Leaders who excel create a great environment, get things done and appreciate the efforts of their team. Their reward is customer retention, decreased cost, committed and engaged employees and the satisfaction of a job well done.

The top 7 ways an organization can increase morale and create an environment in which employees thrive are:

1. Create opportunities for individuals and teams to get to know each other. Getting to know each other involves more than knowing each other’s name and title. Genuine interest and learning more about the people behind the title yields a higher level of connection, engagement and impact.

2. Clarify the big picture. It is critical to clarify what we do, their role in the work and the values that drive how we get there.

3. Develop and empower culture and climate teams. Culture and climate teams require tools and resources to collaboratively provide different perspectives, innovation, respond to concerns and problem solve.

4. Leverage personality. When employees better understand their personality and the strengths and development areas of the personalities with whom they work, they gain insight into how to effectively support each other.

5. Recognition and acknowledgment. It doesn’t erase the challenges, however, understanding the impact of your role and being reminded that what you do actually does make a difference is powerful.

6. Align corporate/team activities with positive social activities. Employee morale increases when the organization is connected and contributes to causes outside of work that they personally value.

7. Provide opportunities to learn new skills and grow. Morale is negatively impacted when employees do not have a clear path and tools for growth and development.

If you need assistance in improving the morale of your organization, please click the contact link and complete our form.