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Post by neilthompson on Jul 21, 2013 14:16:23 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Just Be Quiet And Listen To What Your Employees Have To Say
When employees feel free to speak and share ideas, they will also share the problems they face as well as potential solutions. This open communication will lead to a very productive and creative workforce. In my current role, our organization has several meetings and calls where we have some time set aside just for team building. These activities really help pull our team together and develop a strong team environment. This is very important within our team since we have individuals that are located all around the world on our team. Often when new people come into these roles, we will not know each other and need the team building to help us learn to communicate well with each other.
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Post by neilthompson on Jul 21, 2013 14:17:12 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Just Be Quiet And Listen To What Your Employees Have To Say
When employees feel free to speak and share ideas, they will also share the problems they face as well as potential solutions. This open communication will lead to a very productive and creative workforce. In my current role, our organization has several meetings and calls where we have some time set aside just for team building. These activities really help pull our team together and develop a strong team environment. This is very important within our team since we have individuals that are located all around the world on our team. Often when new people come into these roles, we will not know each other and need the team building to help us learn to communicate well with each other.
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Post by lydell on Jul 22, 2013 7:01:20 GMT -6
In any relationship communication is the key and in order to have effective communication skills you have to also be willing to listen. Managers should definitely encourage employees to communicate with them. Taking the opinions and feedback of employees and analyzing this information can benefit managers tremendously. Managers can resolve many issues within their organization just by simply communicating with their employees.This is certainly a good skill for any manager to have. I feel like a lot of managers have the attitude that their way is law, or that they get to make every decision. This leads to a real bottleneck of ideas. There may be a hundred people with a hundred great ideas, but they all just pile up at the managers door because he is too busy being in charge to listen to any of them. If a manager could learn to just stop and take a breath and listen, maybe something will come about that will be business altering, in a good way.
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Post by hayleymcglothren on Jul 22, 2013 12:37:03 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Just Be Quiet And Listen To What Your Employees Have To Say
Communication is definitely an important aspect in life as well as business. Voicing your concerns or opinions on why you think certain ideas or good or not is important. One person may be able to hold a business together, but team work is what really makes a business successful. It is necessary for companies to have competent people who feel they are valued if you want a company to run smoothly. I agree that communication and just listening to your team members can be a huge step in helping to make the business successful. It also develops a morale within the company that makes people want to work there.
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Post by Michael Miller on Jul 22, 2013 13:29:52 GMT -6
This is true... There is definitely a difference in taking information from someone and actually using it. Using suggestions from employee perspective is often quite useful in my opinion. Front line employees get a totally different prospective than management. Often times their suggestions can be put into action immediately and can be beneficial on day 1.
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Post by shebilemoine on Jul 24, 2013 11:49:40 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Just Be Quiet And Listen To What Your Employees Have To Say
If you want to have a good relationship with your employees then you have to listen to them. You have to take the time to see what they think about certain things. If they feel like you care what they have to say then they will feel like they can go to you for anything. Listening to your employees will strengthen the relationship you and your employees have. Listening to your employees can also improve how the business works.
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Post by leannthompson on Jul 24, 2013 18:46:41 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Give Your Employees More Time To Do What They're Actually Good At
The last sentence in this article really struck a resonated with me, "lot of the issues exist because of a misunderstanding or lack of communication." From my personal experience in the workplace a not understanding what is being asked or cause of most of the problems. Also a lack of communication at my job is the root of most of the issues we face. We have several departments who don't like to communicate with each other about what they are working on and for whom. So it leaves me, account reps, and customers frustrated because we don't know exactly what is going on. The end result of this lack of communication is irritated customers because they feel like they are getting the run around. I do my best to keep everyone informed and in the loop as to what is going on, and when enter a management position in my career I will strive to build great communication with my team.
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Post by melissacantrell on Jul 25, 2013 11:04:21 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Just Be Quiet And Listen To What Your Employees Have To Say
I can agree with the article from personal experience. During my time at Raising Canes, I have worked under two different Operation's Managers. The first was very open to the input of her subordinate managers. We all felt very included and valued in the company. We took pride in our jobs and every one was very happy feeling appreciated. Once our new Operation's Manager started, he had a completely different outlook on the decision making process, and made all decisions without any consultation of the rest of the management team. Since his arrival, we all feel very unimportant, and all are seeking new jobs. By not playing a role in the decisions any longer, we all feel under-apprecieated and displeased with our positions.
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Post by briandavis1 on Jul 25, 2013 22:31:57 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Just Be Quiet And Listen To What Your Employees Have To Say Managers should diffidently make it a priority to allow employees to speak. Managers can learn just as much from listing to their employees as an employee being introduced to a new task. Communication is a key to business success. Each employee should have a chance to talk to managers and give their input as to how things are operating.
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Post by kayminix on Jul 26, 2013 9:59:49 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Just Be Quiet And Listen To What Your Employees Have To Say
This plays off well with the article about democracy isn't everything. Empowerment in the workforce is very important, making sure that your employees feel included and feel as though they have a say is something that can drive them to love their job. There also has to be a balance though, while it is good for them to have a say and give ideas, the ultimate decision needs to be by the company, the owner, or the manager of the situation.
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Post by kcarson7 on Jul 26, 2013 12:49:29 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Just Be Quiet And Listen To What Your Employees Have To Say
I think one of the most important aspects of being a leader is being able to listen. Listening to your employees emotions, ideas, or just being someone to talk to will make your employees like being around you, and have them feel like their opinions and ideas are heard. When your employees feel like they can talk to you, they will back you up, and relationswill be a lot easier. Businesses would run a lot smoother of leaders would just make time to listen to what their employees have to say.
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Post by gabrielle on Jul 27, 2013 12:41:08 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Just Be Quiet And Listen To What Your Employees Have To Say
It is important to listen to your employees because they are the backbone of your business and when they're happy, the business performs better. Happy employees give better customer service and are more energized. Just by listening to your employees you can make them feel as if they are important, pert of the team, and they feel like they are truly important. This makes they feel pride in their job. If you are taking the time to listen to the opinions of your employees you can also learn something. You are getting a different view of your business and the way it operates and looking at things from the view of the employee can help give you some insight you never had before.
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Post by csummers on Jul 27, 2013 23:41:24 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Just Be Quiet And Listen To What Your Employees Have To Say
If an office has open communication lines, where employees can express their worries, viewpoint, praises, and other things, with management, it empowers the employees and makes them feel professional courtesy. This also indirectly brings a pride and morale boost to these employees. In my office, one manager is very good about listening to what my coworkers and I have to say about things within the department. The other manager doesn’t really care what we have to say, and I believe it is detrimental to the section, the office, and the department.
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Post by grober86 on Jul 28, 2013 21:35:57 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Just Be Quiet And Listen To What Your Employees Have To Say
Listening is vital is any organization as a leader. Sometimes managers have the thinking its their way or the highway. This can really hurt employee morale and make your organization have more fear there always going to mess up. Always listen to input and be as fair and as just as possible. There is a great quote at the end "It’s a skill I’ve really tried to hone, in part by just forcing myself to be quiet. What I’ve found is that a lot of the issues exist because of a misunderstanding or lack of communication."
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Post by lakeishabrooks on Jul 29, 2013 8:37:08 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Just Be Quiet And Listen To What Your Employees Have To Say I do believe that a lot of the issues exist because of a misunderstanding or lack of communication. Listening is one of the most important qualities not just on the job but in life. A lot of problems arise because of misunderstanding. Take the time to be quiet and listen to your employee and I promise that you will learn so much.
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