Development does two things. It keeps people with you, when you can't afford to offer a financial incentive, and prepares your organisation for the future.
Tests lift the pressure because they help create an effective team around you. People become part of the solution.
How do I retain my best people?
Recruiting and retaining people is a crucial component of business success. Getting it right has never been easy. A difficult economic climate can make the task at once more essential and even harder.
It’s easy for staff to become de-motivated and insecure. To succeed in a tough market you have to hold onto your top performers.
A recent CIPD survey revealed that the top factor that affected an employee’s decision to leave was their relationship with their manager.
Morgen HR has the tools too, that will allow you to understand, engage, motivate and, ultimately, retain, your best people.
Self awareness and an understanding that people work in different ways are the cornerstones to a happy and productive work place.
We can help managers understand:
- What makes the people on their team tick
- What motivates them
- How best to communicate with them
Getting everyone ‘on-side’ when trading conditions are difficult is vital.
There ARE things you can do about the situation that will strengthen your organisation and improve morale.
The key is understanding what actually motivates your staff.
So, how do you do that? Understanding someone’s personality will give you a very clear idea of what motivates them. It's not all about money. Does that person value public recognition and job title?
Do they value challenging assignments or new and varied activities? Do they need time to adjust to
change?
Behavioural assessment can give you the answers to these questions.
You can’t avoid the difficult times but you can have strategies in place to understand your staff and build morale.
How do I motivate my team?
How assessment can be used to motivate and engage employees
If you look around a typical office everybody prefers to work in different ways. Some are assertive and goal oriented, others are concerned with maintaining the status quo whilst others are 'people, people'. What motivates and encourages one person will de-motivate and discourage another.
There are many theories on motivation, but in essence they can all be boiled down to one basic ideal - find out what your employees want and then find a way to give it to them. Behavioural assessment gives you the answer to the first question - what do they want?
Understanding how people prefer to behave at work, through the use of behavioural assessment, can really engage and motivate people and enable them to make a positive contribution to the success of the business.
How do I recruit the right people?
Recruiting the right people is a crucial component of organisational success, even in a difficult economic climate. Challenging market conditions expose weaknesses in a business and people issues will have an increasing impact on company performance.
To recruit the right person you need to think in terms of the behavioural requirements of the role: what characteristics are needed to succeed in this job? Do you need someone who can work on their own initiative and who is happy taking risks or are you looking for a team player who can work on repetitive tasks with a high degree of accuracy.
Recruiting the person with the right behaviours will also ensure they ‘fit’ your company culture. People who don’t fit won’t last.
Assessment can tell you quickly and effectively if the person in front of you at interview has the right behavioural ‘fit’ for the job you are recruiting for.
