The Customized Employee Solution

It has been a well-known fact that many factors affect employee retention. Generally, what an employee experience could be the deciding factor if he should or should not stay. The optimal way to improve employee experience is to provide the customized employee solution, based on the different needs and preferences of the individual employee.

Create a career planning for each individual employee

What is that that employees have chosen to work in your organization and what are they looking for, going forward upon joining? It is common for one to think that career advancements are one of the more prominent reasons, and this should be accounted for by having a career planning for each individual employee. Career planning need not be a vertical climb, but sometimes lateral growth is deemed to be more important to employees, who are seeking for more exposure.

The career planning should be properly documented, where the plan aims to motivate and employee employees. Companies, with a clear and proper documentation with regards to their career planning and have a proper communication with regards to their goals are more likely to stay in the company.

Employee Recognition and Feedback

I am sure you have come across companies who allow you to just work tirelessly and when you realize that what you do becomes very routine and mundane. This is important for employers to recognize that people wants to understand how well or how poorly they are doing. If your employees are not performing as expected, you should also have an aligned action plan to allow them to understand what they can do to improve themselves. Employee feedback should also not be done on an annual basis, but a very regular one so to ensure employees are aware that they have an impact in the organization.

The reward system implemented should also be fair in giving out to those who have earned their rewards. Companies should also be offering different rewards to meet different needs of individual employees. Rewards given should also be properly communicated so other employees are able to give the recognition as well. The company’s culture would also be to celebrate employee’s success.

Getting to know your employees on a personal level

Knowing your employees on a private level, would make them have a sense of belonging. It gives them on a deeper impression than their employers care about how the feel or what is going on in their personal lives. The friendship developed, would also cause any long-standing employee to reconsider when thinking of moving on to greener pastures.

Keeping Today’s Employees Engaged at Work

Given the ever-changing employment landscape and the demands from employees to enjoy work-life balance. Employees want to feel connected to work, yet want to have their personal time and space away from work as well. How can you strike a good balance between both? There is no one best way but good to work out something that works best for the company culture and environment.

Value the Opinions and Feedback

It is natural that employees want their voices heard by the management or the bosses. Some opinions or ideas given may be a little overboard or unrealistic in the present moment but never shove off any employee’s feedback right away. Always give them the perception that you will consider it, but never expect the turnaround of the opinions or ideas to be taken in immediately or even execute them!

Option to Flexible Work Arrangements (FWA)

FWA is one of the ways to allow employees to feel that they have the autonomy to decide and plan their schedule well. This can help them in fulfilling their personal commitments, for example, bringing kids to school early in the morning, and cutting through or if possible, avoid the traffic jams to get to work. They will be glad to commit the hours required but at a different time from others than to rush their mornings away. Other ways are also to offer options to work from home, hot-desking.

Don’t create tension unknowingly

Allow employees to be themselves at work and encouraged them to behave like their usual self. Some employers or bosses have a certain level of expectations that employees must behave in a certain manner which makes them feel uneasy at work. However, do you know that giving employees autonomy will make them feel that you trust them in their work? They will eventually portray a positive attitude towards work and will be more than willing to put it that extra effort unknowingly. Never limit your employees’ capabilities and creativities at work!

Don’t Create Fear in Failure

This is the key thing that people back-off after they faced with setbacks, people fear failure. It would be nice and consoling if employees are given an environment to learn and make mistakes. But of course, mistakes should be moderate. Employees can make mistakes and must quickly manage it together and not leave it hanging. Sense of fear will decrease as employees are given ownership, power to make decisions. Always remember that any mistakes made should not be accompanied with harsh criticism or demerits, everyone is learning on the go!