5 Tips to Improve Productivity at Work

Gain insight about how to improve

employee productivity and company culture

at the same time!

Of all the challenges facing today’s small businesses, the hardest is maintaining employee productivity—an efficient use of time and resources to deliver the best possible product or service possible.

Let’s take a look at 5 ways you can increase employee productivity and improve company culture at the same time.

How Do You Use Your Time?

Invest in solutions that are designed to streamline the various processes and take the load off of more menial tasks.

1. Invest in Technology

Cloud Storage

CRM Software

Subscription and billing management solutions

Mobile Tech

Provide constructive, meaningful feedback regularly.

Feedback gives employees an idea of what they’re doing well and what could use improvement.

Feedback should always be encouraging, not discouraging. Any form of communication should be done thoughtfully, regardless of whether it’s something positive or negative.

2. Provide Helpful Feedback

Management often focuses its incentives on senior- or executive-level employees, neglecting those workers at a lower level.

Lower-level employees should be just as committed to your brand’s success as executives.

3. Incentives for All Levels

Simple incentives:

• Work-from-home days

• Casual dress days

• Trophies, plaques, and certificates

• Company merchandise

• Prime parking spots

• Gift cards

With the growing stresses and pressures of the corporate job, the need for work-life balance is as important as ever to employee health and company success.

Flexible schedules are an excellent solution, and growing technology makes telecommuting easier than ever.

Enforce work hours. Keep employees from taking work home.

4. Value Work-Life Balance

Benefits:

• boost revenue

• improve employee retention

• reduce absenteeism and

medical costs

Discuss the company’s mission, philosophy, and goals.

Always keep lines of communication open.

Recognize hard work and acknowledge each employee’s presence.

Celebrate events and achievements, from birthdays to engagements.

Don’t be afraid to have fun!

5. Improve Work CultureA happy employee is a productive

employee, but far too many offices enforce a “work only”

mentality, making the job feel like a drag.

To build a positive, encouraging work culture:

You don’t need to break the bank to boost and maintain

employee productivity. There are plenty of practical things

you can do to create an efficient, positive

environment.

Good luck!

“Chat” designed by Luiz Henrique Bello Cera from the Noun Project

Credits

http://www.chikpea.com/subscription-billing-software/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/victorlipman/2013/06/17/7-management-practices-that-can-improve-employee-productivity/

http://wheniwork.com/the-complete-guide-to-improving-employee-productivity/

http://tweakyourbiz.com/growth/2010/10/07/12-ways-to-improve-productivity-at-the-workplace/

http://smallbusiness.foxbusiness.com/legal-hr/2013/12/16/4-unconventional-ways-to-increase-employee-productivity/

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