As an employer, you’re always thinking of ways to develop a more positive and productive workplace. You understand retention is more effective than recruitment and that healthy company culture is a key component in those efforts. Taking the time for employee recognition makes your team feel appreciated and can lead to a more engaged and loyal team, better retention and recruitment, increased sense of teamwork, and content staff.
Loyal and engaged employees
When you take the time to show you appreciate your team, they begin to feel valued. As a result, they become more engaged in what you’re doing and are less likely to look for greener work pastures.
Beyond just staying, they’ll become an advocate for your mission. It can transform from a company mission to a personal mission, and this ownership can boost their performance and, in turn, boost your results.
Better retention and recruitment
Being appreciated is an important key to get them to stay. This kind of appreciation can come from fair and competitive salaries, good benefits, and extra incentives like bonuses, gym memberships, extra PTO, etc.
While retention is a goal, you will inevitably need to bring in new talent. When this happens, a good company culture that appreciates its people is more attractive to the kind of worker you’re looking for. By taking the time to value who you have now, you’re increasing your chance of successful hires in the future.
Content staff
You want your team to be engaged and loyal, but you also want them to be content. The feeling of satisfaction is the ultimate coming from your team. Rather than feel like they’re just employed and do work for you, they will feel like they’re making a difference. A large part of this is because what they’re doing isn’t going unnoticed.
There are many ways to help boost morale and productivity, but few achieve the same results as employee recognition. It’s not just about the environment; you’re making a dedicated effort to show that what they do matters, and it’s essential.
Increased sense of teamwork
Another important type of recognition is peer-to-peer. Instead of everything coming from management, giving your employees a chance to celebrate each other can build teamwork and increase the sense of comradery among your staff.
It can also bridge gaps across departments and projects. Recognition at the employee level will strengthen your teams, both established and forming. You are calling attention to all of the work and bringing people together in different ways.
Building teams is Search Wizards specialty
You establish the culture in your company, we help you get the team you need. By providing you with the top talent acquisition talent perfect for your industry, we’re helping you build the team you need now and down the line. We’ve been placing recruiting talent for nearly 15 years, so you can rely on our experience. Contact us today to make your talent solutions happen!
