It’s unavoidable that profits are a priority for businesses, which means you need your staff to be productive to keep the wheels turning. However, some traditional employment approaches may be counterproductive or even harming employee wellbeing.
It’s well known that employee productivity increases when wellbeing is prioritised. That means looking after your staff is a sustainable method of boosting your output. With so much talk of ‘company benefits’, what will really make the biggest difference? Read on to find out what you need to do to increase employee yield in 2022.
Learning
How can you expect your employees to become even better at what they do if you don’t offer them the chance to learn?
If you devote time, effort and resources to providing training opportunities, you’ll reap the rewards with a more effective and satisfied workforce.
Agile working
Under an approach which incorporates agile working, employees have the flexibility to decide the conditions of their work, i.e. where, when and how. Forcing everyone to work the same hours in a day or days in a week could reduce productivity if it doesn’t suit who you’ve hired.
Given the variety of circumstances people may have in their private lives, agile working is a very inclusive policy to attract diverse talent. Working parents, disabled colleagues and international employees are just a few examples of individuals who may perform better with the ability to take charge of their professional conditions.
Technology
It’ll be tough for your team to perform flexibly at its best without good technology. Now that working from home is a priority for potential candidates, you’ll need to invest in good portable solutions. However, this is clearly very costly. If you’re struggling to invest in it all upfront, you could consider an unsecured business loan so your employees can work unhindered.
The use of cloud services may increase productivity by allowing better access to all information employees need, allowing for a centralised source of truth. Likewise, it’ll be easier to share and collaborate between employees, increasing teamwork along the way.
Realistic goals
Your employees will not perform well if they’re tired and overworked. The major way to prevent this is by ensuring everyone’s workload is manageable and doesn’t lead to burnout.
Check in with people in one-to-one sessions to see how they’re feeling and listen to their assessment of their role to make sure you’re setting realistic goals.
