Employers must be able to motivate their employees, ensuring that their employees are happy and productive. One study found that happy employees are 20% more productive than unhappy employees. Based off of this statistic alone, it’s important for employers to keep their employees happy.

How?

Work-Life Balance Must Exist

Work-life balance must exist and be a top priority for a business. Benefits alone aren’t enough to keep an employees’ happy. Employees want to have a fulfilling career, but they also want this to reflect in having a fulfilling life. Long nights and weekends with time barely spent at home doesn’t create an environment that an employee wants to rush into every morning. Allowing workers to work remotely once a week, or offering one day a week when employees can come in early and leave early is definitely a good start.

Flexibility Must Exist

Employers need to be flexible, yet there also needs to be boundaries. If a loyal employee has a child that is sick and needs time off, accept this and show your support for the employee. Life happens, and even in the business world, everything rarely goes as planned. This is why it’s so important to be as flexible as possible when handling employees. If your employee needs time off, give it to them. If an employee has to make a parent-teacher meeting, be understanding.

Ask Employees for Recommendations

Employees are the vital cog in your business’ operation, and this means that the employees should be allowed to provide recommendations. Perhaps an engineer has developed a new way to handle a key issue with the product, allow him or her to have their recommendation heard. In the construction industry, there has been a major shift in recommendations.
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