Your company’s most valuable asset is its employees. After all, they are the ones that are most closely connected to your customers, processes, products and services. They really are the heart of the company, which means they are also potentially the ones with great revolutionary ideas. Therefore listening to their ideas and putting forth opportunities for them, will mean greater support and consequently the improvement and adaptation your company needs.
Support to evolve
Businesses that support evolution within the workplace tend to see increased competitiveness, more efficient use of resources, as well as better staff retention. However, according to recent surveys, only 20% of organizations offer an adequate amount of support to help increase staff development. If you’re a company that is looking to adopt revolutionary ideas that will encourage and empower your employees, allowing them to collaborate and share thoughts, then here is how you can do it.
Breaking down barriers
Why not try breaking down the communication barriers between management and staff in order to help the flow of new ideas come to light, reminding them that management are people too! This will empower employees regardless of their position.
Working together
In your next staff meeting why not try holding a team debate, by putting forth “what if” questions, such as “what if we gave out free samples?” or “what if supply loyalty cards to our best customers?” This will allow all participants to share any held back ideas.
Department collaboration
It is important to encourage all departments to work in collaboration, as amazing ideas won’t always come from one specific area within the company. Why not try a job swap for a day? This will give employees a better understanding of what their co-workers go through and could then encourage employees to come up with unique ideas on ‘upgrading’ how things work around the office.
Suggestion box contest
Suggestion boxes have always been a great and effective way to encourage employees to put forth their ideas. A way to encourage staff to interact would be to give this the box a revamp by making entrants compete for prizes. Offer employees a chance to win a personalised gifts, such as desk sets or even personalised power banks. These prizes don’t have to be be expensive either, just little things to say thank you from the company can really encourage your employees.
Make Space
Making alliances with the other departments is difficult when there is nowhere to go. Can you give the kitchen, staff-room or so called storage room a make-over? Just by adding comfy seating, whiteboards and markers or other gadgets, a room can be improved in order to produce productivity – especially if there is snacks involved!
So, support your company’s greatest assets by revamping your company, to ensure innovative ideas are heard, that creativity can flow and most importantly so that employees are fully engaged and feel involved and so can evolve.
If you require further information or have any specific questions, don’t hesitate to give a member of the experienced GoPromotional team a call on 0800 0148 970 or simply email us today.
