Five Factors That Affect Your Employee's Productivity
The NBRI BLOG has an article on the five factors that affect your employee's productivity.
1. "Attitude is Everything" - happy employees are productive employees, and happiness can be fostered by empowering employees and recognizing them for their contribution.
2. "A Bad Boss" (some argue this is number one) - someone who doesn't keep promises, doesn't give credit, makes negative comments and blames others for their mistakes.
3. "Sickness and Fatigue -The article says, "a survey showed that 85 percent of U.S. employers said they were interested in services to increase employee productivity, minimize absences and enhance the health of their employees."
4. "Tech Tools" - From the article, "Companies that don’t upgrade or ignore the necessity for tech tools like PCs, Blackberries, cell phones and other 21st century tools, run the risk of diminished employee productivity....
Intel, the world’s largest semi-conductor maker, found that wireless notebook PC users increased their productivity by 100 hours per year. They studied the work habits and productivity of more than 100 Intel employees who were upgraded to wireless notebooks and found a gain of more than two hours per week, more than paying for the cost of the upgrades in the first year. They also found that when workers were able to control more of their time, that productivity increased as well."
5. "Downsizing and Outsourcing" - Like the previous four, very obvious, but still worth remembering - The impact on morale and motivation for those who remain after a downsizing/outsourcing exercise can be significant.