The 5 Things You Need To Say To Your Employees :
Rewards don ’ t always come with a gift tag . Here ’ s what to say to your employees to let them know they ’ re killing it at work .
1 . “ Thanks for your great work on ….”
Relate , relate , relate . Not thanks for some ‘ great work ’. Not ‘ Thanks for your help ’ – but specifics . Be in tune to what people are working on . That doesn ’ t mean you have to be physically in the office or hyper aware of what every one is up to , but it might mean that you ask everyone for their team ’ s biggest wins every Friday and that you personally see , email or video chat each employee to tell them they ’ ve done a ‘ great job ’.
2 . “ You ’ re the best at …”
Self-awareness drives passion . Telling people from an outside perspective what they are amazing at really helps . Everyone is good at something , but not many people are thanked for the things that they aren ’ t employed for . If you have a data analyst digging out MI – you don ’ t need to tell them they ’ re great at reports . But you can tell them that they have a great eye for ‘ seeing the future challenges and rising to meet them ’. They ’ ll be pleased as punch and will soon start working to meet the perception they belive others have of themselves .
4 . “ I ’ m going to help ”
Destroy all blockers and your employees will trust you to be capable of anything . That might mean disciplining the people who cause trouble for others in your business time again – even if they are highly skilled . There should be no untouchable people in your business . Or this could mean making a big investment in working environments , or where people park , or how they are paid or rewarded . Say you are going to help – and mean it .
5 . ‘ Go home ’
If no one ’ s seeing their family , working on their side jobs and passions and spending time in the shopping centre , the economy is in trouble , and so is the trajectory of what you are working towards . Tell people to go home , to see their family and ensure they leave on time . If your business suffers because
9 hours isn ’ t enough , you ’ re focusing on either too many things – or the wrong things
3 . “ Don ’ t worry ”
As a leader you know having people worry as hard as you do about business is a route to disaster , instead of success . Great leaders take away worries . Say ‘ don ’ t worry ’ and mean it ! www . incentiveandmotivation . com | 05