Keeping your employees happy and motivated is as important as getting new machines and having a swanky office.
Psychologists and management experts have established in many studies that a happy worker is a better worker.
A happy worker is more productive and produces better results for you.
Also, if a person is happy at his or her workplace, he or she is more likely to stick to her work and not look for another one.
You must have seen in movies how people change their jobs to be happier.
So if your employee is unhappy at work, you may not be able to retain that employee.
And if a majority of your employees are unhappy and unsatisfied, then you will have to spend more on new recruitment.
So a responsible boss should always take notice and care of his employees' psyche.
He or she should be able to identify happy workers and unsatisfied workers.
Also, it is important for the employer to take measures to keep employees happy.
What adds to employee satisfaction at the workplace is the kind of work that person is being delegated, the kind of social relationships formed at work and the workplace environment.
The environment is affected by the attitudes of the workers towards each other.
So by bringing some changes in office behavior, you can create a healthy social environment for your employees to work in for seven to eight hours.
Here are some tips for creating a healthy working environment for your employees.
Reward your employees for their hard work.
The reward can be in the form of perks, bonuses and promotions.
Human beings respond to incentives, and the rewards are just that.
Set monthly goals for your employees, and only the achievement of the goal merits reward.
The competitive element and recognition for hard work will induce employees to work harder.
Through such competitions, the rewards are what the employees gain and better results is what the company gains.
No one can do better than this, and no one should do worse than this.
It is a social optimum.
However, do take care that when you set the targets, the workers don't compete against one another.
Goals should be such that they can be achieved only through the coordinated efforts of all the employees.
The employees should not be pitched against one another.
That will only strain relations between the employees creating an unhealthy and competitive ambience.
Also, distribute the rewards equally.
Any unfair means of rewards will only go on to de-motivate workers.
Also, the boss should listen to the workers and engage them in most of the decisions the company takes.
This will induce them to take ownership of their work for the company.
Encourage your employees to share their grievance and to allow them to participate in making decisions.
The most important thing apart from all those is that work should be fun.
A competitive environment, where everyone laughs is a healthy one.
Encourage your employees to share jokes with one another.
Humor is a great way to build social relations.
Laughter increases happiness and as mentioned earlier, it also makes employees work better.
Also, make it a point to take your employees for group outings- like playing ball, going to stand up comedy shows, karaoke, etc.
The human resource department always comes up with innovative and fun ways of keeping workers happy.
A lot of times motivational speakers are also invited to address the employees and inspire them.
Motivational speakers are able to connect to their audience, the employees, and help them address their workplace problems.