Business Tip Tuesday 🚀 Engagement Leadership

Does Your Staff Love Working for You?

Jeff Rogers, CPMBC
Jeff Rogers, CPMBC
Love Working for Your Company
It's Valentine's Day and candy-coated love is in the air. You will see all sorts of posts, emails, and ads promoting all that is the consumer Valentine's Day as businesses look to capitalize on the traditions. It is also a great day for your to dig into communicating with your team and see if they LOVE working for you!
Good and open dialog with your staff is just as important as it is in any romanticized relationship, let's talk about why.

Determine the workplace satisfaction level of your team

1. You Don't Quit on What You Love. 

I am sure by now you have heard about Quiet Quitting. It is a phenomenon that employees do the bare minimum to meet their job standards and do not put any extra in for their employers. While healthy boundaries and clear job expectations are very important topics to discuss, you also have to be mindful of WHY a team member may be checking out. Are they not on board with your goals, do they have personal goals or struggles you may not have recognized, or are they just burnt out? 

These are great questions to start the conversation with, but they are by far not the end. These questions can help clarify why a team member may be phoning it in, or about to walk altogether. Since break ups are hard, personally, and professionally, it's your job as a business owner/manager to stop the good ones from getting away.


2. You Are Willing to Work on What Matters.

If your team sees the value in your mission and vision, they will work hard. If they love working with you or for you, they will work even harder! They will push to help you reach your business goals, execute your strategy and help you measure your business's success.

This dedication cannot be bought by compensation and benefits alone, this is loyalty, and you earn that through your culture and commitment to your staff. Ensuring they have the resources to do a job, and acknowledgment, when a job is well done, goes a long way to securing loyal and hard-working employees. Letting them know what they do matters and makes a difference for the business and their teammates, will make them feel valuable and important. Crucial ingredients to any long-term relationship. 


3. Your Team, Wants You, to Want Them.

It's not a secret that the labor market is tight.  The tables have turned and employees can walk to the next paycheck faster than they could have for years. If they are going to exchange 40+ hours of their week for a paycheck, it has to be a great paycheck and/or they have to feel their employer WANTS THEM. That THEY are special and not just a replaceable cog, someone to be swapped out for the next new face, that will accept less pay. You need to show your team that they have value to YOU. That they do matter and you want them, not just a seat warmer.
 
This mutual respect will help you lead your team forward and keep those relationships strong during any challenges. That strength as a team is what oftentimes makes or breaks a business. You need to empower your team to make sure your team can stand the test of time. 
 
 

Take action to inspire your team to LOVE working for you

Now, after discussing why your team loving your business is important, what are some action steps you can take this Valentine's Day to make sure they do? What are your takeaways?
What are you doing right, and where can you improve?  

With this knowledge in hand and a strategy to implement any necessary changes, you can avoid nasty business breakups. If you need help accessing what your team needs or helping to build unity, reach out! My TEAM and I, are here to back you up.

With a little love and attention, you can build an amazing team and business, just watch. 

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