People's Morale Matter

People’s morale could be costing your business much more than you think. Also, contributing to greatest absenteeism, lower customer satisfaction and lower people retention rates, low morale amongst your team will impact on overall productivity and profitability. Employee morale is critical for people engagement and that is the key to business success. So, how do you spot someone with poor morale and what can we do about that?

How to recognise low morale amongst people?

Some of your employees may be openly displeased about how they feel at work, while most simply suffer in silence. Just because your employees are keeping a lid on their true feelings, it doesn’t mean that low morale could affect their performance at their job.

The low morale includes:

• Lack of enthusiasm
• Gossiping
• Silent meetings
• Greatest absenteeism
• Late arrival of work
• Fault finding
• Dissatisfaction at work
• Lack of initiatives

What causes low morale at work?

Several factors are contributing to poor morale. People who don’t feel valued, less appreciated will cost your business big time. The causes can be because of some reasons like,

• Lack of communication
• Bullying by colleagues
• Lack of team spirit
• Lack of incentives

How to fix poor morale amongst people?

Recognising and understanding the causes of low morale in people is the first-ever step to fix any issue. Here are the best 4 ways you can fix it.

1. Listen to your people:

   Communication is a two-way lane that both sides of the track should be comfortable in sharing thoughts. Listen to your people expecting positive thoughts as well as negative thoughts about work.

2. Address everyone in the team:

   People sometimes remain silent during normal calls and feel uncomfortable revealing themselves among a set of people. So, address each and everyone in the team and try spreading the positivity.

3. Recognise people and their work:

   Focus on the work they do. A lack of recognition can contribute to low morale. Your people need to feel valued and appreciated every time.

4. Strong bonds between people:

   Healthy communication will contribute to people’s morale. Also, trust people and form a good valued relationship.

We also have much more ways followed at Skcript. Keep us engaged with all your queries at [email protected] and keep us posted about your suggestions on what can be published for the next time.

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