If you want to properly appreciate employees, you must be all-encompassing about it. Technologically savvy employees require your appreciation, but so do those who work in a non-technological capacity; you’re all part of the same “team”, as it were. Certainly one employee may contribute more to your business than another, but they are all part of your corporate “body”.
The feet take the body somewhere, but where would those feet be without eyes to direct them? Where would the head be without hair to protect the scalp, and make the visage more aesthetically pleasing to onlookers? Though it can be shaved, it is still necessary. If you appreciate all aspects of your body, you’ll cumulatively have greater attractiveness. If you don’t, you won’t. It’s the same with your business.
That said, there are ways to manage employees regardless of their technological affiliation which can expedite operations. Just because an employee doesn’t use specific technology doesn’t mean you can’t use technology to manage them. And as a matter of fact, some technology is perfectly cutting-edge, though not considered as much.
Picture a custodian. Now if you give them a vacuum from the seventies, will they do as well cleaning your facility as if you were to give them a vacuum from the world of today? Not likely! But the truth is, most businesses aren’t following periodicals regarding new cleaning equipment! Your custodial staff likely are, however; and you should listen to them. Give them the right tools, and they’ll better help you protect your assets.
The Right Tools
Using the proper tools can help you not just assist your employees, but maximize their usefulness. If you don’t know how your time is being used, you can’t really be sure you and your employees are using it effectively. Armed with the right data, you will be gain to see trends; where time is being used efficiently, where it is being wasted, and where you can save it through better processes.
Having online timekeeping solutions can additionally help you facilitate remote production protocols that end up saving time and money while expanding productivity. Consider this: a remote employee, as well as a localized one, both stand to benefit through solutions like those provided via Clockspot.
A localized custodial employee could clock in simply by entering a building and swiping their smartphone. This saves them time and effort. At the same time, your salespeople can remain in the field longer without having to return to “home base” for the delivery of time sheets or sales figures, reducing the cleaning load of your custodian and the travel costs of your salespeople. Remote employees clock in online via the cloud, and remain productive—you only need to “reel them in” for quarterly or annual meetings.
As an added bonus, tools of this kind allow you to reduce your need for certain employees. If you’ve got the right timekeeping tools, you no longer need an entire department to manage payroll; you might be able to use a single individual. Cutting expenses really benefits your business.
A Well-Toned Corporate Physique
When you’ve got employees who are cumulatively more productive through utility of proper tools, this increases your ability to compete in the marketplace, which—provided you’re able to sustain that competitiveness—will likely lead to increased productivity over time. Ultimately you’re looking at an upward spiral.
At that point what you can do do maintain your corporate physique is to reward your employees for sticking with you through thick and thin. You can even do so without cash rewards. Especially if you’ve just gone remote, you can make a great story out of it – how your staff is returning home from the battlefield.
Now, you may be celebrating “returning home” after the office days, but you’d still want your employees to keep those days as a good memory. You can create some commemorative products such challenge coins DeltaAir has done, to give them after finishing their field service.
At the end of the day, you are going to get out that which you put in. If you invest in your employees, then you’ll see that investment mature at statistically predictable intervals—just like if you work out regularly, you’ll see your body become healthier and more toned.
