If You Want Your Business To Succeed, Make Staff Appreciation A Habit

Basic economics, while itemizing the factors of labour, underpins the important place that the fourth factor – entrepreneurship plays.

It is regarded as the secret sauce of a business success and this is because it is entrepreneurship that combines all the other factors of production into a product or service, available and suitable for the market.

Even if you were to be the business owner, chances are that the technical competence needed to oil its wheel of success may be domiciled in entities outside of you.

Looked from any angle therefore, a business survives on the industry, competence and expertise of people.

If you would be needing or reliant on people to make things happen, you obviously need, not just their buy-in, but their totally sold-out commitment.

You must develop a habit of appreciating them.

It may also be in a work place setting- it could be a voluntary environment like a church, community or social club.

Whichever, the same rules of appreciation suffices.

• Begin with a thank you

As much as it simple to utter, the two letter word – “”thank you” could be more appreciated that a thousand naira present.

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It shouldn’t require a special occasion to be uttered; seemingly ordinary accomplishments, including when people on the line of duty perform their statutory  functions, could translate to winning loyalty and commitment.

• Present a gift

As much as we value appreciation as a spoken word, it should not end there. Go ahead of verbal expression of appreciation to proving a gift that can serve as a memorial or memoralbia as the case may be.

In fact, the latter becomes a regular and more lasting reminder of all the verbal appreciations that may have gone ahead.

As a matter of fact, seek to present gifts that appeal to the needs of the target beneficiaries.

A good manager could use an emissary to extract needs ‘preferences from individuals scheduled for gifts as appreciation.

• Prepare a surprise party

Birthdays and anniversaries can present ideal times to identify with people who matter in our lives and businesses, especially where the appreciation would come as a surprise package.

In these particularly challenging times, many people have learnt to scrap birthdays in their budgeting calendars for their obvious reasons. This could present an ideal opportunity surprise the celebrant.

On the other hand, you, as a boss, organisation or association could come with a little more elaborate occasion that the celebrant would never forget.

• Arrange a stampede

A stampede can come in different forms. You could organise a couple of friends, or colleagues, armed with token or ambitious presents as their means could carry and storm the home, office or hangout of the celebrant.

If you want to be perfect with it, lure the celebrant away so you could have the time to prepare a real surprising reception.

Convince the celebrant to following you to another birthday bash which you had been conscripted to organizing, especially if h/she seeks escaping spending obligations.

• Arrange spontaneous calls

At least, calls from colleagues on one’s birthday are expected, but these could be pre-arranged to become a stampede, not just from close friends and other acquaintances, but majorly from the work-place

These could be paid off with a real visit by those near enough to make it.

• Give money

Money is a loud speaker; but much more it is an elixir given that it responds to needs in the lives of people

Most employees would always need financial incentive from the office. How much money depends on who is celebrating and what is the office! Except where this contradicts a personal principal, money can become the ideal present to celebrating a deserving one.

Conclusion

As you celebrate one staffer, you are indirectly motivating other staff members to redouble their commitments. The desire to be celebrated can be stronger than any other human management language you may want to deploy. 

That is why profhub.com, argues that for those who are continuously trying to bring success to your business, additional efforts for appreciation are a must. You could invite your team’s favorite band, and let them celebrate their success and hard work. This will also give them time to work on their teamwork skills and understand the importance of teamwork in achieving success.