Bringing Out the Best in Your Employees

As a leader, it can be challenging to give up control and trust your employees to get the job done. Some leaders need to be the smartest, best and most capable person in the room. Unfortunately, this approach can sometimes cause managers to underutilize their people and talents and restrict great ideas. On the other hand, good leaders recognize that when their employees are doing well, they are too. Capable leaders not only make their team members feel smarter, but actually become smarter and drive them to achieve extraordinary results.

Try to:

Avoid micromanaging

Empower your employees by allowing them to make key decisions related to their role. Trust the skills and judgement of your employees. Your employees will be grateful for your confidence and this will free up your time for other responsibilities.

Accept and acknowledge

Although it seems easy enough, many leaders make the mistake of accepting credit for a team’s success and passing off blame for their shortcomings. When your team reaches a goal make sure you give the right people credit and if an employee goes above and beyond, don’t let it go unnoticed.

Encourage feedback

Employees can offer fresh ideas and inventive suggestions, but often hesitate to speak up because they don’t feel like their opinion is valued. Communicate regularly to encourage their contribution through brainstorming sessions, surveys and suggestion boxes. This will ensure that your team is comfortable approaching you when they have a problem and will give you great ideas for the future.

Avoid gossip

Don’t get involved in or encourage office politics even if there’s no way of stopping it. Never share confidential information, complain about new policies or work results or discuss confidential information like salary, hiring or firing decisions.

Be fair

Meet and greet your employees, talk to them about their weekends and don’t shy away from being friendly. Just try to treat everyone fairly and consistently regardless of their role.

Be a Leader

A leader is one who inspires people to pursue a greater purpose and ultimately a vision. If you are not passionate and energetic about the work of your team and the organization, why should they be? Being a leader means living your vision and mission statement everyday with energy and reminding your employees that they are not just performing tasks and duties, but ultimately working for some greater purpose. Take the time to know the strengths of your team members.

We wish you and the team a great year ahead!


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Engaging employees toward company’s Mission, Vision and Values!!!

What can we do to keep employees engaged?  We have to make sure that we are providing most favourable workplace environment for them to flourish.  They should feel respected and comfortable to express their ideas, regardless of their role or position in the organization. 

Speak with employees to find out what is on their minds.  Do they have ideas for improving the business, or ways to promote a better workplace? What do they want to accomplish professionally?  We all have to make sure we are offering learning and development opportunities on the job, and challenges to promote growth. An anonymous survey is also a good way to find out about what's on employees' minds.

HR's goal is to properly address the challenges and opportunities that will give your organization the competitive edge.

First you must find the right employee to fit the culture and goals of the business. It is a challenge to find and hire the right person, but the payoff in the end is tremendous! Engaged employees understand how what they do everyday effects business strategy and goals.

Align your employee experience to your customer experience.

Happy employees create a happy atmosphere and therefore a better experience, but engaged employees are the key as business is business

We all have to make sure that we are rewarding employees and recognizing the important contributions they make day in and day out to our business.  Pay particular attention to the top performers. They're an invaluable asset in driving business forward, and we certainly want to make sure they feel happy and engaged.

We can ensure that managers have the skills to engage staff. They should never be recruited or promoted on technical skills alone. Making sure they have the emotional intelligence to manage, lead and develop a team is essential. Demanding high standards of performance and behaviour in the organisation is also HR's role and our credibility rests on us starting with our own teams.

Getting rid of bureaucracy and allowing staff to do their jobs can also drive up engagement. "Senior leaders need encouragement to connect with staff. We can drag them out of their offices to the front line, meeting customers and connecting with staff. Time is not an excuse - get them using social media.

Employee engagement is often characterised by two key words – ‘involvement’ and ‘trust’, with the two biggest drivers identified as ‘leadership / people’ and ‘communication’. 

If you are looking at the New Year as an opportunity to reboot, refresh and reorganize your organization, it's important to remember and value your employees in all of the changes you make.

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How will you dress for an interview!!

Does it Really make a difference how you dress for an  Interview?  It Does. The first impression you make on a potential employer is the most important one. The first judgment an interviewer makes is going to be based on how you look and what you are wearing. That's why, in many cases, it is still important to dress professionally for a job interview, regardless of the work environment.

What's the appropriate dress code for an interview? You'll want that first impression to be not just a good one, but, a great one.

Men's Interview Attire

Suit (solid colour - navy or dark grey)

Long sleeve shirt (white or coordinated with the suit)

Belt

Tie

Dark socks, conservative leather shoes

Little or no jewellery

Neat, professional hairstyle

Limit the aftershave

Neatly trimmed nails

Portfolio or briefcase

Women's Interview Attire

Indian Formals (light coloured cotton chudidar . It should not be  sleeveless)

Western formals- The suit skirt should be long enough so you can sit down comfortably or

Formal trouser , Coordinated shirt. 

Conservative shoes

Limited jewellery (no dangling earrings or arms full of bracelets)

No jewellery is better than cheap  jewelery

Professional hairstyle

Light make-up and perfume

Neatly manicured clean nails

Portfolio or briefcase

ALL THE BEST!!!

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