How do you treat your employees?

How do you treat your employees? Being a leader can be a challenging endeavor especially if you were not properly trained to handle the issues that will arise. One challenge that managers experience is the process of balancing increased profits/production with employee satisfaction. All too often, employee satisfaction is either viewed as a secondary organizational concern (compared to goals, profits, tasks etc.) or measures to increase employee satisfaction are implemented so sparingly that the effort becomes counterproductive. As a leader, do you view your employees as valuable assets of the organization or as a necessary nuisance to accomplish goals? How you view your employees will directly affect how you treat your employees, and how you treat your employees will directly affect the level of output that you receive from them. So, the general question relating to employee satisfaction is, “how do you treat your employees?” A better question would be, “how do your employees feel that you treat them?” The most successful companies understand that a positive relationship between the management team and staff members directly correlates to a healthy/productive work environment. Avoid these leadership mistakes when working with your staff:  Treating employees differently based on your like (or dislike) of certain personality traits
 Placing a greater importance on processes/procedures versus the importance of people  Ignoring the concerns of your staff (whether you feel the concerns are legitimate or not) You can either choose to deal directly with the perception your employees have about how you treat them or you can deal with their vote of dissatisfaction through low morale and decreased output. Your quick action assignment this week is to assess how your employees perceive they are being treated. This could be done through an anonymous satisfaction survey or by speaking to an employee who would give you an honest snapshot of the satisfaction level of the department. Their responses may be shocking but the information gathered will be invaluable to changing the relationship between managers and staff.
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