Keeping team members happy, motivated, and performing is great for you and great for your team. Better team performance and an great working environment come from a happy team. Keeping staff happy is within your control as a manager and you can implement each of these actions quickly.   

I share 7 ways to make your staff happy at work that every manager can implement easily.

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Keeping employees engaged and happy starts with communicating openly, honestly and frequently. Employees what to know how their job fits into the bigger picture and understand that what they do is valuable. 

Keep team members happy by communicating what is happening in the company, how the company is performing ... in short share the news. Direction makes everyone’s job easier.

Listening to your employees is one of the best way to make your employees happy. You get a ton of valuable insights that really helps you increase team performance. Use the ideas, suggestions and solutions team members come up with. You increase team productivity while keeping everyone that much happier. 

Treating your employees how you want to be treated is timeless advice, yet how many mangers really avoid the many common mistakes that damage trust, happiness and appreciation. I share tips to help you get into the right mindset. 

Focus on solving employee problems as a manager. It’s a brilliant approach for how to make your employees happy. You also leverage your time and create significantly more value for your business by helping your team members work better, faster and smarter. 

Do you praise enough? Research as shown that keeping employees happy requires you to praise them at least 3 times more than criticise or give corrective feedback. This ratio is even higher in high performing teams. Positive reinforcement is a great way to build higher team engagement and better team performance. 

Finally, publicly demonstrate that you value your employees, their contribution, their skills and the results that they deliver. 

If you have any questions on “Keeping Team Members Happy – 7 Actions Every Manager Can Easily Implement”, please email me at [email protected]  and I will get back to you. 

Jess Coles

Enhance.training