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A happy worker is easy to spot. You don’t need to whistle at work every day to express your happiness. (Cymbalta) Anybody who enjoys working with their team and looks forward to a new day of work every morning is a happy employee.
Managers and team leaders know that a happy worker is a productive worker. Why? Because work satisfaction motivates employees to work harder. Those who are excited about their work will put in a lot more effort than those who are merely doing their job to get by. They will tend to pay more attention to their tasks, seek feedback when things aren’t working out, and be willing to accept different points of view. Happy employees serve their clients or customers better, get along well with peers, juniors and seniors and add to the overall wellbeing of their organization.
If you’re a manager, you should strive to keep your employees happy. This will make work more rewarding for them and increase their productivity. Remember, employees need constructive feedback and not just criticism to develop their skills and realize their full potential.
Harappa’s Managing Teamwork course will help you understand the importance of giving and receiving feedback, learn to manage conflict with the DEM–Dialogue, Escalation, Mediation–Strategy, and leverage skills to achieve results at the workplace.
Let’s look at the benefits of having happy employees on your team and how you can keep your employees happy.
The Benefits Of Happy Employees At The Workplace
As you have seen, happy workers are productive workers. As a manager, you must ensure that your employees are satisfied with their roles. This will enable your team to meet their targets, go the extra mile, and stand by the organization during challenging times. There are many advantages of having a happy employee at the workplace:
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Increased Productivity
When your employees are happy, they’re also satisfied. A happy employee performs well and achieves their goals. Most importantly, happy employees are willing to align their individual ambition with larger organizational objectives. They also tend to serve clients more amicably, help build stronger relationships within the team, and foster a more warm and collaborative working environment. Remember, happy employees mean happy customers.
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Improved Results
Employees who are comfortable in their roles are driven to perform well and tend to deliver improved results. Happy workers are proactive in not only seeking feedback but also acting on it. Use constructive feedback to help your employees work on problem areas and deliver better outcomes.
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Conducive Work Environment
Happy workers are important in building a conducive work environment. When your employees are motivated to work, it positively impacts the work environment. This kind of work environment is ideal because everyone is willing to do more than just the bare minimum. Teams that are playful, warm, and friendly perform and deliver better.
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Investment In Organizational Objectives
If your employees are satisfied with their work, they won’t just be working for their paycheck at the end of the month. They will be more invested in the organization’s success and will work harder to realize organizational goals. Happy workers celebrate each organizational victory as their own.
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Respectful And Empathetic Work Culture
Employees who genuinely enjoy working in a particular team will lift each other up and help create an empathetic and respectful environment. Empathy and respect help you understand someone’s feelings, what they’re going through, and how to respect it. This will strengthen your team’s work ethic and help you build stronger bonds with your employees.
How To Keep Your Employees Happy
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Give constructive feedback using the CSS–Continue, Start, Stop–model. When you frame your feedback using this model you will be able to indicate what the employee is doing well and what they could do differently.
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Listen to the grievances and problems faced by your employees and provide solutions. Your employees should have the confidence to know they will be heard and helped when they are facing challenges. This will strengthen your bond and help them feel like they are cared for and supported.
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Reward their work with praise, monetary incentives, promotions, awards, and so on. Remember, an uplifting word, a bonus, and an award for going the extra mile can really improve job satisfaction. If an employee is doing a good job, recognize it.
Work With Your Employees
Think about it this way. Your employees work with you, not for you. If you’re able to treat everyone fairly and with respect, it will go a long way towards creating a team full of happy, motivated workers. Harappa’s Managing Teamwork course will help you build your team effectively. Learn to collaborate with your employees instead of simply directing them to follow your orders. Strive toward building a better work culture for your employees where they can feel motivated, valued and appreciated.
Explore topics such as Building Relationships, How to Build Trust in a Team, Team Building Activities & Rapport Building from our Harappa Diaries section and build trust-rich relationships.
