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You may have begun your business as a one-person operation, but once you begin to get some success, you’ll likely need to bring some people on board to help you.

Or depending on your business, you may have required the help of additional hands from the first moment that you started. It’s important to remember that your team won’t automatically help to push your business forward. There are many factors that will determine whether they can, including making sure they were the right recruit in the first place, putting together a productive workplace, and investing in your employee care.

In this blog, we’re going to focus on the last point. Showing your employees that you care is about intention and action. Take the tips we’ve outlined below, and they’ll have no doubts about the care they receive, and that’ll have an overall positive impact on your business.

Designing Their Schedule 

You don’t really care about someone if you’re trying to control them. Many employers try to control every facet of their workers’ lives, which might be advantageous if you’re on a power trip, but won’t be good for team morale. One of the best ways to show your team that you care is to show that you trust them. So why not let them design their own schedule? There are a lot of benefits that can come from allowing staff to choose their working hours and from where they work (home versus office). 

Investing in Safety

There’s no getting around it: if there’s no investment in safety products, then there’s no care. It’s your responsibility to ensure that your workers conduct their work in a clean and safe environment, so make sure that’s the case. How you do so will depend on the type of workplace facility that you run. If your staff work in a warehouse, then sturdy warehouse racking will be essential. If it’s an office, then a clean space with clearly-marked emergency exits is the way to go.

Career Growth

Your employees will dedicate a lot of energy to your business. You should ensure that you’re also dedicating some energy to their careers. Training your team, sending them on courses, and putting together career development plans that help them to reach their professional goals will all show that you care about their growth. Plus, by taking this approach, your business will benefit too. You’ll have a well-trained team of talented employees who are more likely to stay with your company rather than find work elsewhere. 

Fair Compensation

You can show that you care in plenty of small ways, but if you’re not paying your team properly, then they’ll naturally have doubts. Some companies try to show their employees that they care in every way other than paying them a good salary. Don’t be one of them!

Open Door 

Finally, be sure to have an open-door policy that tells your employees that, whatever issue they have, you’re always there to listen to them. It’ll have a massive impact on employee trust and engagement.

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