Strong leadership skills are crucial to ensuring that transparency creates a positive environment by knowing what to say and how even when the chips are down . Translating this into action items would mean both formal / informal and traditional / modern methods of listening - ranging from satisfaction surveys to oneon-ones and open house sessions to tapping the grapevine for information . Human resource professionals must be creative and devise innovative methods of seeking out employee feedback .
Create a culture of continuous learning . Introduce mechanisms that allow for teams to acquire new skills that will not only help them in their professional lives but also help develop their personality . An atmosphere that fosters continuous learning is guaranteed to increase the engagement of their workforce . Here again , a little bit of creativity goes a long way in ensuring the right mix of learning opportunities that can be created for the workforce .
I deliberately use the word appreciate and not reward or recognize . Appreciation for a job well done , for efforts in the right direction , for exemplary behavior and many more instances - can be monetary or nonmonetary . In fact the non monetary rewards tap into the individual ' s mind and tend to reinforce longer lasting results than monetary incentives and rewards . However a right mix of monetary and non monetary initiatives to recognize desired results is the order of the day , and this can differ with each organization .
Strong leadership skills are crucial to ensuring that transparency creates a positive environment by knowing what to say and how even when the chips are down . Translating this into action items would mean both formal / informal and traditional / modern methods of listening - ranging from satisfaction surveys to oneon-ones and open house sessions to tapping the grapevine for information . Human resource professionals must be creative and devise innovative methods of seeking out employee feedback .
LEARN
Create a culture of continuous learning . Introduce mechanisms that allow for teams to acquire new skills that will not only help them in their professional lives but also help develop their personality . An atmosphere that fosters continuous learning is guaranteed to increase the engagement of their workforce . Here again , a little bit of creativity goes a long way in ensuring the right mix of learning opportunities that can be created for the workforce .
APPRECIATE
I deliberately use the word appreciate and not reward or recognize . Appreciation for a job well done , for efforts in the right direction , for exemplary behavior and many more instances - can be monetary or nonmonetary . In fact the non monetary rewards tap into the individual ' s mind and tend to reinforce longer lasting results than monetary incentives and rewards . However a right mix of monetary and non monetary initiatives to recognize desired results is the order of the day , and this can differ with each organization .