However, before these issues can be addressed, managers need to insure they have their employees’ full attention to quality and job performance. The era of training employees may be past but the need to insure employee orientation is thorough can help build healthy relationships with employees who are newly hired and those who have company experience.
Five Ways to be the Boss Every Employee Likes
There are five ways to be the boss every employee likes. These include:
1. Be a motivator
2. Don't be a "boss"
3. Be an employee of the business
4. Engender employee respect
5. Understand the employer/employee relationship
1. Be a motivator
Some employers allow employees to "go their own way." In a business with three employees that might work. In a business with five hundred that would mean instant chaos. Employers, as leaders, need to be motivators. They do this through positive reinforcement of the importance of each employee’s duties to the full picture of the business. Employees who know how important their contributions to the company are don't fail to feel motivated to be part of a successful business. One of the best methods to motivate employees is to allow them to take part in employee appreciation ideas they can also help implement.
2. Don't be a "boss"
Every employee has a sixth sense about their employer's demeanor. Recognize that as an employer, you are also a leader with the responsibility to lead your employees to greater heights of personal accomplishment and pride in their work. If you have to act like a "boss," you are guilty of a micromanagement style that employees will come to resent and rebel against. Worse is that you will be responsible for serious loss of employee productivity and negative employee morale.
Check your micromanagement at the door. The most important factor for any employer is to understand that you can never manage people. You can only manage their workflow to maximize productivity. Managing workflow includes continuously reviewing basic business operations to identify flaws like underperforming equipment, inexplicable increases in absenteeism and delays in business transactions.
3. Be an employee of the business
It may shock some employers to realize their employees are savvy enough to recognize that an employer is also an employee of the business. A great business leader doesn't need to maximize their title "employer" to impress employees. By being an employee of the company with enormous leadership responsibilities, employees on staff understand more readily their duty to assist a member of the "team" to the best of their abilities.
4. Engender employee respect
Earning respect from employees is one of the simplest and easiest accomplishments for any employer to effect. Employers who are fair, open and honest are always the most respected.
Gamers end up becoming less respected because there is an overriding sense of mistrust and "toying" with employees. Engender employee respect by ensuring your employees trust you. Employer trust is a huge factor in how quickly your decisions are respected and trusted.
5. Understand the employer/employee relationship
Whole management training programs are dedicated to helping employers, supervisors and managers understand employer/employee relationships. Some of the suggestions of these programs can be tailored to fit specific needs of small or large businesses. Selecting management with great leadership skills includes the inter-relationship between employers and employees. Managers and supervisors should try to focus on business principles rather than employee personalities for a better understanding of the employer/employee relationship.
Healthy relationships between managers and employees requires attention to detail and effort. The amount of effort depends on the company's willingness to develop healthy manager/employee relations.