Have
you ever wondered why many “managers” do not get the most out of their
employees? The answer is simpler than you think.
As a leader in an organization, your utmost responsibility is to provide your employees with a working environment that positively charged with motivation. Yet most managers do not particularly recognize this simple duty. Many managers tend to be promoted to a supervisory role due to their technical competence rather than people-management skills. As such, managers’ influence on the workforce is not always positive. The solution to this is in a few good words— literally speaking!
From the moment we are born, we instinctively recognize and respond to emotions. Even as infants, we react to positive facial expressions and warm voices with innocent laughter. Similarly, tears flow at the sign of the negative opposite. This pattern, though concealed with adult behavioral-masks, continues throughout our lives. We are emotional creatures, and these emotions function as a significant driver in our decision-making and execution process. When we feel good, we do well. When we feel bad… well, you get the point.
As a leader, your most important function is people management. That does not necessarily mean being “nice” all the time. However, it does mean showing positive emotions towards positive behavior. Often in our childhood, we were rewarded when we performed a desired behavior. These rewards clearly did not start with monetary compensation at that point, as that concept did not mean much to us then. Instead, the positive behavior was acknowledged and rewarded with a smile and a few good words, which insured you repeated that particular behavior. This is the effect of positive feedback.
According to research by the Corporate Leadership Council, a group that conducts research through several high profile organizations, providing positive feedback to your employees is categorized as an A-Level Driver, affecting performance with a value higher than 30 percent. The CLC also identified that while 89 percent of employees believe positive feedback to be their biggest motivator, only 39 percent seem to get any feedback at all.
As a leader in an organization, your utmost responsibility is to provide your employees with a working environment that positively charged with motivation. Yet most managers do not particularly recognize this simple duty. Many managers tend to be promoted to a supervisory role due to their technical competence rather than people-management skills. As such, managers’ influence on the workforce is not always positive. The solution to this is in a few good words— literally speaking!
From the moment we are born, we instinctively recognize and respond to emotions. Even as infants, we react to positive facial expressions and warm voices with innocent laughter. Similarly, tears flow at the sign of the negative opposite. This pattern, though concealed with adult behavioral-masks, continues throughout our lives. We are emotional creatures, and these emotions function as a significant driver in our decision-making and execution process. When we feel good, we do well. When we feel bad… well, you get the point.
As a leader, your most important function is people management. That does not necessarily mean being “nice” all the time. However, it does mean showing positive emotions towards positive behavior. Often in our childhood, we were rewarded when we performed a desired behavior. These rewards clearly did not start with monetary compensation at that point, as that concept did not mean much to us then. Instead, the positive behavior was acknowledged and rewarded with a smile and a few good words, which insured you repeated that particular behavior. This is the effect of positive feedback.
According to research by the Corporate Leadership Council, a group that conducts research through several high profile organizations, providing positive feedback to your employees is categorized as an A-Level Driver, affecting performance with a value higher than 30 percent. The CLC also identified that while 89 percent of employees believe positive feedback to be their biggest motivator, only 39 percent seem to get any feedback at all.
Source: HumanResourcesIQ
