Not all the employers in
Pakistan realize the importance of an employee satisfaction. They feel
threatened by employee empowerment. In most of the cases, the relationship
between an employer and an employee remains that of a leader and a follower.
They are just expected to follow orders and are not expected to speak their
mind, particularly in front of the bosses. However, only a boss with leadership
qualities understands the importance of employee empowerment and let their
employee grow and learns to work independently.
Such employers are
responsible for creating a competent workforce for the long run and in fact
benefiting themselves more than anyone else.
Here are five
basic rules of creating an empowered workforce.
1.
Share your vision with your employees: Bossy employers just pass on instructions;
they never bother to discuss the company’s aim with them. However, those who want
to empower their employees; they share their vision and plans with them.
Research has proved the notion that if employers know what they are expected
of, they perform better. Narrate the plan to them, give them the details of
your vision and once you set the goal for them, give them a hand to move on to
work with minimum direct supervision from you.
2.
Don’t get in the blame game: Putting the blame on others is not just an unprofessional attitude, but it
cost the organization much more than that. For example, while I was working as a
teacher in Islamabad, we had an issue
regarding class performance. At that time our boss immediately terminates the
teacher, however, even her termination didn’t affect the class as there was a
fault in the system not with the few individuals. So if you blame individual
employees and throw the blame on them without a proper investigation, your
system failures will never be identified neither the confidence of employees on
the system.
3.
Take their opinion: Most employers in Pakistan consider
the viewpoint of employees nothing as worthy and hence they don’t listen to
them. Such an attitude kills the drive of career development in the employees
as they want to be heard by their bosses. Therefore, listen to them to give
their inspiration a boost after a small dose of modesty wouldn’t hurt you.
4.
Encourage
them: Employee’s productivity will be increased manifold if they think you are
noticing their effort and value those. Express your satisfaction with their
performance, though several ways you assume the best. For instance, if they did
well at a presentation, let them know they did well. A little word of praise
will boost their motivation to work with you and improve themselves for next
time.
5.
Lastly, prize them: If your employees are poorly paid, un
praised and underrate, you can never hold their loyalties with you for a longer
time. Prominent world researches depict that unhappy employees can cost the
excessive low productivity for companies. Therefore, set targets for them to
chase and once they get it, get those rewards and incentives. Such steps will motivate them to stay
committed to your company.
