Recognize. Respond. Give. Receive.

How are employee happiness, motivation, loyalty and productivity influenced by recognition and reward?

An observation by Dilbert:

Recognize your employee’s needs. Reward them on their achievement. Give out Incentives.

Respond to them by accommodating their needs as much as possible.

Receive their loyalty and increased motivation and productivity as a reward.

Recognize. Respond. Give. Receive.

Retaining Your Employees

Employee Retention involves taking measures to encourage employees to remain in the organization for the maximum period of time. Corporate is facing a lot of problems in employee retention these days. Hiring knowledgeable people for the job is essential for an employer. But retention is even more important than hiring. There is no lack of opportunities for a talented person. 

There are many organizations which are looking for such employees. If a person is not satisfied by the job he’s doing, he may switch over to some other more suitable job. In today's environments it becomes very important for organizations to retain their employees. The top organizations are on the top because they value their employees and they know how to keep them glued to the organization. Employees stay and leave organizations for some reasons. The reason may be personal or professional. These reasons should be understood by the employer and should be taken care of. The organizations are becoming aware of these reasons and adopting many strategies for employee retention.

En Adzhar Ibrahim, the Head of Human Resource Department of DiGi, shares his valuable ideas on how you can retain employees successfully.

Adzhar Ibrahim, Head of Human Resources at DiGi.

                                                 

Employee Turnover and Incentives

Employee turnover can be expensive, especially for a small business with few employees. Some of the industries highly effected by high turnover rate in Malaysia are like the call centre industry, fast food industry, and customer service industry  Every time an employee leaves, there may be expenses for advertising the position and training the new employee. To decrease the employee turnover in any company, it's crucial to keep the employees happy where they are.

Here are some suggestion to the Human Resource Managers on what to do to reduce the turnover rate. The key point here is to keep the employees happy. 

• Offer them a fair working condition and above average pay. You can actually do a 'market research' on the pay and benefits your competitor are giving. Raise employees pay when necessary.
• Be a down-to-earth Boss. Get to know your employees. Understand their concern and be attentive to their complaints. Be accessible anytime an employee has a problem for you to solve. Accept suggestions even from low level employees.
• Think on incentives that will decrease the turnover. Offer unique incentives for specific level of productivity. Give incentives regularly when warranted apart from bonuses Be creative with the type of incentives that will excite your employees and you can be assured every employee will be interested in staying for the next round of incentives. 
• Allow promotional opportunities. Listen to employees who want to cross train for other skills or to be considered for promotions. Remember that employees will be more willing to stay if they have a future with the company.
• Start with quality employees with a good work history. Look for employees who have few or nonexistent gaps in their resumes. Hire employees with a history of company loyalty and job retention.
• Stay in communication with your employees. Stay ahead of any problems that might be brewing among the employees and try to keep the workplace pleasant. Make each employee feel like an important and irreplaceable part of the company.

Happy employees are productive employees

Remember, being unique from your competitor does not only appliy to the products, marketing gimmick or promotions. It also applies on keeping employees loyal and happy working with you.

What gets Rewarded, Gets Repeated!

This very blunt, yet humorous video targeted to all the Bosses, Employers and Business Owners out there! The actor conveyed a brilliant message across to all the ignorant employers who are so focused on catching their employees doing the wrong thing instead of praising them for the right things they did. This scenario is actually very common in Malaysia. Employers cultivated the idea - 'Don't Do Mistake', and this actually creates a fear in the mind of the employees and the focus on not doing any mistake. And guess what will the result be? More Mistakes! More Errors! And Less Confidence to handle the work assigned to them!

Instead, when employers focus on the idea of praising or even a friendly tap on the shoulder can make a lot of difference to the employees. Rewarding employees is always seen as a tonic to improve performance of the employees. Their confidence gets a boost, they are willing to try new things and eventually all this will contribute in the growth of the company! More importantly the cultivate a healthy working life!

Happy Employees = Better Business

I came across this humorous video about the efforts Google puts in to make their employees happy. I was wondering, how many of us wish to be an employee of Google. But then, there is surely a way to bring out the 'Google in the company you are working in  - only if the Bosses see the potential of having happy employees.

I particularly like what Alexa said -Honey attracts more bees than vinegar.. Treat us well and we work better for you!

Enjoy the video.