Businesses have a cycle of wanting to increase clients, productivity and profitability. The method usually attempted is to increase marketing, ask employees to work harder and raise prices. These efforts can prevent business from growing due to misdirected activities. It starts with staff and equipping them to improve their performance, to maximise client satisfaction and retention, in the most efficient way.

Improving employee performance is an essential part of any successful business. If employees are not performing at their best, it can lead to decreased productivity and morale, as well as a lack of job satisfaction. Fortunately, there are many ways to improve the performance of your employees. Here are five steps you can take to help get the most out of your team.

Staff performance can be greatly impacted by a variety of factors. Many staff members may lose interest in their work if they feel unmotivated or underappreciated. Unfortunately, this is all too common when staff don't receive adequate support from management.

In addition, if staff do not feel adequately compensated for the work they are doing, it can have a significant effect on productivity and performance.

"The way to achieve your own success is to be willing to help somebody else get it first."

Iyanla Vanzant

If you do not have the right mechanisms in place, it may not always be easy to identify when your employees performance is being impacted. For example:

• Do any of your employees consistently miss deadlines?

• Does the quality of work completed vary?

• Do other colleagues or clients complain about an employee?

• Have they failed to meet agreed objectives?

• Do they seem to lack motivation or enthusiasm in their day to day work?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, it could be an indication that your employee's performance could use some improvement.

It's essential for managers and companies to foster environments in which employees are supported, respected and paid fairly. This encourages better results and makes for a more positive experience for everyone involved.

Why job performance is important

Job performance is an important factor when it comes to ensuring success both at work and in life. It gives an insight into how committed you are to completing work and growing both personally and professionally. It is also a key indicator to your productivity and the level of effort you are putting in, which can contribute to your annual performance review.

Beyond that, your job performance can you give a glimpse into other areas of your life - it shows not just that you can carry out your job accurately, but also that you have time management skills and can meet deadlines. These are great skills to have in life and are usually looked favourably on. All in all, job performance is a key ingredient for achieving excellence and reaching your goals!

What can I do when staff are not performing well?

Here are five actionable strategies you can use to improve staff performance, which can lead to an overall increase in business performance! Revisiting your strategies for each of these can completely transform your company culture, employee engagement and alignment with your vision, mission and values.

1. Set clear goals

It’s important for both you and your employees to have a clear understanding of what is expected from them. Establishing achievable goals that outline what needs to be done and when will help keep everyone on track and ensure that everyone is working towards the same, common goal.

It provides employees with a sense of direction and improves the chances of reaching success.

Setting clear goals not only gives employees clarity and purpose but also helps ensure that everything runs smoothly.

2. Provide suitable training

In order to ensure that all of your employees are performing at their highest level, it’s important to provide them with proper training and development opportunities. This could include:

• having regular one-on-one meetings with each employee

• access to individual or group coaching sessions to develop self awareness and other soft skills

• match them with a mentor within the organisation that they could learn from

• providing them access to online courses or training materials that focus on their specific roles or tasks within the company.

3. Encourage collaboration

Collaboration between colleagues can be an effective way of improving overall employee performance. Encourage your staff to work together by creating opportunities for collaboration such as:

• team building activities

• brainstorming sessions

• team lunches

• weekly check-ins with other members of the team.

4. Give recognition

It’s important to recognise when someone has done a good job or achieved something worth celebrating. This could be anything from completing a task ahead of schedule or going above and beyond in their role within the company. Acknowledging achievements helps boost morale and encourages others to strive for excellence too!

5. Provide continuous feedback

Providing timely feedback is key for helping employees understand how they are performing and where they need to improve. It also gives them an opportunity to grow professionally and develop new skills, if necessary!

Make sure you give constructive criticism in addition to positive reinforcement so that everyone knows exactly what is expected from them going forward.

This shouldn't be a 'one and done' exercise. There is always room for improvement and that is informed by feedback. Embed this practice into your organisation to see growth in both your employees and your business.

Conclusion

Improving employee performance doesn’t have to be difficult. Your staff want to be better so they can do better, they just need the opportunity.

By following these simple steps, you can ensure that all your employees are working at their best every day! With clear goals, proper training, collaboration opportunities, recognition of achievements, and regular feedback sessions in place, you should have no problem getting the most out of your team!

Which step will you try out today?

Want to dive deeper?

Amarkai Group can provide the support you need to navigate change and cultivate positive results within your organisation.

Our personalised coaching will give employees greater self-awareness, identify opportunities for success, and build confidence; all leading to a more productive workplace that offers higher profitability.

Contact us today to learn more about coaching or workshops that help take your business to a new level tomorrow!