Don't Waste Your Money on an Employee Morale Study
So the conversation goes something like this:
“I think we might have an employee morale issue here at ABC Company” says someone high up the food chain.
“Let’s get a task force together to look into the issue. Perhaps they can hire someone to do a study and identify if this is an issue and suggest what actions should be implemented” says someone else up the food chain.
STOP!!!!!! Brutal release
RIGHT NOW!!!
You don’t need a task force or a study. Save your money.
If you’re questioning an issue there is clearly an issue. As my good friend Lynn Robinson (Trust Your Gut) says; use your intuition. Now take the financial resources you were going to invest in that STUDY and do the following:
- Put a recognition program in place
- Hold a special event for staff
- Give them some well-deserved training; hire a speaker/trainer on a host of topics and give them a fun learning experience
- Host a Communicate-a-thon where you share information about what is going on in the company
- Consider changing people’s roles
- Hold a Recess of sorts – a team building opportunity to increase morale, productivity and wellness
- Host a breakfast or lunch where the directors/officers serve the employees
The bottom line is this…….If you think there is a problem there probably is. Spending money to find out makes no sense; when the time and money spent on the above items would most likely be less and can only improve morale; even if morale is already high. And studies mean people are poking around getting your staff anxious, upset and crazed.
So even if your intuition was wrong, the money was spent keeping the people happy who drive your daily business operations.
Now take this one step further. What other issues/ideas are you “studying” when you could actually be making advances in products, services and/or people.
