Communication | Managing Employees

Do You Hold Your Employees Accountable?

Do you have team members that don’t meet deliverables? If so, how can you keep them on track with their performance?
Accountability!

What is accountability?
The basic definition is to account for one’s action. Take responsibility for one’s performance and the overall success of the result.

Where is the Manager’s Accountability?
In managing employees, you are responsible for you team’s results. How can you instill accountability in them and decrease your need to macro manage the details of their work? Here are some ideas:

Employee Communication

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Communication is the buzz word in the corporate world, yet managers aren’t provided with the tools or trained to provide employees with the right information. Whatever an employee doesn’t know and is anxious about is an issue for a manager and subsequently reduces performance. Employees create their own perception and this usually decreases their productivity. People get nervous when they don’t know.

So what can a manager do? First you must consider communication to your employees as a “must do” on a regular basis. I found this article on Inc by Nancy Mobley “Need Higher Productivity? Maybe Your Employee Communications Needs a Tune Up.”

How to Manage Employees In Mergers & Acquisitions

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Change always needs to be managed and especially during a merger or acquisition. Merger & acquisitions at best combines the resources to create a stronger business; at worst, if not done correctly can impact the success of the business. Combining separate cultures requires an extensive knowledge around how to best integrate the separate business entities. As a manager, how can you contribute to the success of the new business?

I found this article in Businessworld, “Managing Employees During Company Mergers & Acquisitions” by Sachin Adhikari.

Do You Know How To Keep Your Employees Happy?

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Managers know that a happy employee is more productive and less likely to leave. So what makes an employee happy?

Work that is challenging
Transparent communication around what is happening in the company
Treat them with respect in your interactions
Be a strong manager, who is willing to lead, tell the truth and find solutions to their work issues
Listen to them
Build in fun into the workplace helps them disengage from just working
Recognition, recognition, recognition

These are some of the actions that build a workplace that enhances employee’s engagement and happiness with their work.

How Do You Speak To Your Employees?

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Strong and appropriate communication is an important skill for a manager. How you communicate to your employees will either motivate or demotivate them. Yes, you are human and don’t always communicate with clarity, though if you disrespect an employee, they will start to lose motivation. Found this simple, though clear post on how to not speak to your employees:

Lindsay Broder on Entrepreneur.com wrote “7 Things You Should Never Say to Your Employees.” If you are frustrated with an employee, it’s tempting to strike out and put them in their place. That never works because they will defend themselves and usually it is by decreasing productivity. They will also lose respect for your management style.

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