Inspire Moral Boost?
Corporate restructuring, downsizing, and poor leadership over the past year has taken it’s toll on my team. I was asked to take over another department in April 2016 that was plagued with bad management decisions and employee mistreatment. Employees were constantly verbally abused, harassed, and forced to work overtime to make up for order productions and order fulfillment errors. I’ve been slowly trying to improve the moral on the team by taking on a more visible hands on management approach and encouraging an open door policy. I got corporate approval for monthly bonus incentives for meeting production goals, implemented an Employee of the Month recognition program, and started monthly birthday party potluck celebrations in an attempt to stir up some excitement on the team but the attitude is still mediocre at best. I’m not in a position to offer anyone my team pay raises or stock options but I’d like to figure out a way to turn this negative workplace environment around. Any suggestions?
Well when I was a manager and supervisor I did a program where we had employee of the month. Which means everyone loves to be noticed for their hard work. Also when you do the pot luck for their birthdays try serving cake or deserts, I also put together little birthday gifts for each one. There are different things you can do for them. People are use to being noticed for the negative side and not the positive. Try speaking and getting to know each on a first name base. Encourage them and show them that your not asking them to do something you wouldn't do or haven't done. Encourage team work and notice them as a team as well as individual.
I am very interested in the position offered at your company and look forward to your response.
It sounds as if you are already doing a lot of great things to boost morale, like commenting to employees that they are doing a good job. As archaic as this suggestion is, anold-fashioned, hand-written note of encouragement/thanks for specific things you see in their abilities can go a long way in giving the employees confirmation that you really value them. It can take time to turn around morale once a team has been conditioned to management style of being unappreciated and/or micro-managed. Don't give up!!
Hello my name is Joseph Scott Management Leadership Skills Problem Solving are my forte I learned of your recent misfortunes & would like to offer a few suggestions. Good Leadership , Management and morale always starts at the top I would suggest to take a close careful look at the basic standards and principles that are exercised by the staff from top to bottom to restructure standards procedures practices protocol due to their need. Also when staffing more in-depth assessment of new Talent skills and backgrounds as well as psychological analysis to play apart of obtaining a position with your company. Arrange a sit-down with your staff make sure you have a blueprint that consist of your overall objective from that establish timelines daily and weekly quotas that must be met monitor these curriculum very closely pay close attention to the numbers as far as production & overhead to come up with a comprehensive day-to-day week-to-week structure for whats needed to meet our standards that will ultimately allow you to be successful contact me at 123unmeroxy@gmail.com to let me know how these new approaches have work for you and I will be glad to further u have a blessed and productive day and work week. Sincerely,Joseph Scott Innovative Resource Management Group LLC.
Max, I agree with the others that it looks like you're on the right track. Words of appreciation and encouragement works wonders. I guess the question I have is, is there a quality assurance- personnel officer or harassment officer in your division? One of the other things that helps is having someone to vent to for the problems that you describe that can be done without retaliation or reprisal. It also helps to have someone with authority to present problems to management to improve conditions. In one job, I was that person. I worked as a buffer between the other members of the staff and management. I also acted as a liaison and mediator and tried to handle things in-house/in-department before problems get to management. Maybe you can try to set up something like this. Hope this helps!
Max .. Sounds like to me you are on the right track. And .. It always takes longer than we would like, if you are a manager. I would only suggest that you might consider a performance incentive plan where any additional benefits of goodies be tied to performance improvement.
Stick with it Max, l am confident you will see more positive change. They are learning the process of trust...
If no one's leaving then keep doing what your doing then maybe add something new every month. I would task some friends who are in sales or sales managers and pick their brains for ideas. You could also, do a query on 'incentives, bonuses, rewards' on the internet and see where that might lead you.
Patrick in Colorado
Matt, an occasional "atta boy/girl" goes a long way. Sounds like you're doing the best you can and I bet your employees recognize that, and that too goes a long way. Just knowing that you're trying to boost morale and improve the situation means you care, and that's a rare quality in many leaders today. Keep up the good work!
I keep a constant pocket full of Starbucks $5 cards on hand. It's a nice gesture just to say a personal thanks for being so helpful. The communication is key and despite an "open door " policy, it's far more advantageous to simply reach out and just ask how someone is doing.