4 things managers can do to improve employee productivity (Part 1)

Continuous improvement of labor productivity is the common goal of every manager, but it is also a difficult problem for them. After each improvement, continuing to exploit the improvement potential will become more and more difficult. The 4 issues below may not be a complete solution to the productivity problem, but they are useful and close suggestions that many managers often overlook.

1. Provide employees with autonomy

The working principle of the brain is extremely sophisticated, uses outreach reactions, dodges or fights threats, or tends to do the opposite of what is required or done in a opposition, lack of seriousness. These factors can all adversely affect labor productivity.

On the other hand, the factors that hinder the development of the company partly lie in the leadership, who has the right to decide but does not comprehend everything, while employees who understand the situation are not. right to decide. What each manager needs is a tool to impact the enthusiasm of each employee, so that everyone can join hands to improve the work.

Giving employees control and choice can reduce opposition or avoidance, allowing them to be more productive and more comfortable in the David Rock SCARF model. Here, employees have the opportunity to design their own working environment, working hours or workload. This is extremely important to promote autonomy. Even if saying “what do you want to do” is simply giving you the job to choose from instead of saying “this is what you have to do” it will increase the sense of control and autonomy in the work. employee affairs.

2. Promote internal resources

The development of human resources is all the learning activities organized by enterprises, provided by enterprises for employees. Such activities may be offered for several hours, days or even years, depending on the learning goals, and in order to create career change for workers in an upward direction, i.e. to improve their ability and career level.

Internal capacity is a constituent framework of three parts of performance, endurance and creativity. Like a kid learning to ride a bike, managers first need to help their employees develop their energy and confidence. Managers must ensure that their employees are working in an environment where they can grow best. This process is like splitting up a project or providing additional support before employees can implement it on their own. As Edward Deci and Richard Ryan wrote in their book, Internal motivation and autonomy in human behavior create more motivation for employees, helping them understand what they are doing in relation to the big picture. Big collective is building for the company.

(To be continued)

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