How to be a more caring leader to your employee’s.

 

Owners, Managers, and Leaders should be supportive of their employees

 There are many reasons why my former employees thrive to work with me again is because I took the time to get to know them, what they wanted in life, how they wanted to live their life, and most of all, I set a good example for them to follow.  So here are a few things you should consider if you’re going to be an owner, manager or leader in your business field and have employee’s doing most of your work.

1)      Get to know your employee’s: find out what their goals are and how you can help them achieve those goals. Whether it be obtaining a higher education, extra training skills, or just to be able have a balanced work-life balance. Work with them and modify their work schedule so that they can achieve their goals in life.

2)      Options: Every employer should have an option plan for their employees. Such as maternity leave program, Telecommuting program for emergencies, and flexible work hour plan for those who wish to work a flexible work schedule while going to school or taking care of loved ones.

3)      Being a good leader: Being a good leader means setting a good example of kindness, thoughtfulness and most importantly doing what you say your going to do to take care of your employees. You determine the work hours are between 9-5 Monday through Friday, then stick to those hours conducting work. If you wake up at 2am never send out an email to your employees asking them to do something that should be done during normal business hours. Stick to the normal business hours and don’t over stress or overwork your employees because you feel it necessary to send out a stupid unwarranted email after hours. They have a private life and you must respect their time off.

4)      Remember the special days: 

 Every employee needs to feel special so be a good leader and remember their birthday, anniversary of   being hired and even wedding anniversary if they are married. 

There is nothing wrong with wishing someone a      happy birthday and giving them a card or cake. It’s a tax write off so make it happen.

 

1)      Same goes for work anniversary, involve the entire staff and give them an extra hour to celebrate someone being a part of your team. You will create an environment worthy of staying in and working for.

    Treat your people with respect and honor them and you will have a happy, healthy staff.