Your people are your greatest asset, and if you aren’t being intentional with your appreciation, you are at risk of losing the best of them. Being intentional is about knowing who they are, understanding their individual role in your company, and paying attention to exactly how they feel most appreciated. With the diversity of personalities, and generations present in today’s workforce, this takes time and it takes effort.
Thankfully, today’s technology has offloaded many managerial tasks like payroll, leaving company leadership more time to get to know their people. This task is crucial to the company climate. It’s also important for these leaders to avoid stereotyping their employees. We see on social media daily, people calling out Boomers or Millennials and their behaviors, but this generalizing is dangerous and can cause loyal employees to seek employment elsewhere.
Feedback should also be high on your list of priorities. Feedback from employees allows you to understand how they feel about working with you. Feedback can change the course of your company, from the leadership to the people who help your customers. We must, as leaders, be willing to listen to our people, and make changes to meet their individual needs.
Everyone, from the janitor to the CEO, wants to feel like their work matters. They want to feel valued and appreciated for the effort they make on the job. When leadership takes an active role in that process, acting with intention, their workforce is happier, more loyal, and more willing to go the extra mile to make that company great.
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