Get Your Employees On Your Side To Make Your Business A Hit

Editor’s Note: Here at Dispatches, we are always looking for ways to help our readers do things. For some of our readers, that means helping navigate the working world, for others, it means assisting in the ever challenging question,“what’s for dinner?” For still others, it means figuring out how to balance family life with everything else. In an effort to aid in all of these endeavors, we have collaborated on this article written specifically for our readers. 

A fundamental part of your business is who you employ. As a solopreneur, that means you. But if you’ve expanded to include a VA or another person, now is the time to start making sure your employees are also business advocates. You can buy the tech, have all the resources and be well-funded but if your employees aren’t on board, you’ll likely lose business. Your employees are who your customers will see and interact with. These are the people who will decide whether your business has a positive or negative spin attached to your brand. Here are a few ideas to help make sure you and your employees are setting the right tone. Again, if you’re a solepreneur, some of these things might be good ideas to motivate you and make sure you are on the right track.

Incentives
It’s not a bad idea to offer your employees some incentives to work hard. These don’t have to be monetary gains although they can be. For instance, you can give the best worker a bonus or reward for reaching a business milestone. This will encourage all the workers to reach a higher level of efficiency. An alternate possibility is to be supportive and treat your employees fairly and with respect. Making employees feel like they are part of a family is an easy to build employee loyalty. Creating a family atmosphere might be having favorite snacks in the break room or bringing in a cup of coffee.  You can find out more about making your office comfortable on https://www.americanexpress.com/us/small-business/.

Strong Leadership
Without strong leadership making your business feel like home can soon transform it into a party atmosphere where rules and processes go by the wayside. You never want to create a “do as I say, not as I do atmosphere.” Work to make sure you can still guide your employees to assist in achieving business goals. Don’t let employees become nonchalant about their work output. Even just checking on them occasionally will help ensure this doesn’t happen. It will remind them there is someone at the head of the business who they need to follow and get behind. You can learn more about leadership on sites such as http://thebarefootspirit.com/blog/2016/03/31/3-essentials-of-effective-leadership.

A Brilliant Office Design
You might be surprised to learn that your office design, specifically wall colors will affect how hard your employees work. For instance, light colors create a more friendly atmosphere. Be careful with somber colors as this can make people feel down. As well as that, you may want to think about the layout of your office. Certain layouts have different effects too. For instance, for co-operative working, you may want to think about facing the desks towards one another.

It’s not a bad idea to put art on the walls if possible, consider showcasing an employee’s photos or artwork. Bring in some fresh flowers or a bowl of fruit. These things can make an office seem more welcoming. Click here for more ways to help employees become team players.