Engaging Your Staff to Promote Development
Try this exercise:
“Celebrate Success with Your Staff” by having a weekly “add to the jar”. Have your staff submit short notes into a “staff jar”. These thoughts could be about a successful teaching moment, “thanks for covering my shift”, or affirmation of a colleague. Every week go over the notes in the jar and choose a favourite. The favourite gets put into the “session jar” and all the notes inside there will be reviewed at the end of the session!
This type of exercise promotes team work, staff interaction, mutual respect for one another, and engagement to create a cohesive team atmosphere.
Great Ways to Reward Your Staff!
Rewarding your staff is a great way of saying thank you! Rewarding shows appreciation and encourages high level of performance. This gives staff positive reinforcement on their performance and a positive atmosphere keeps your staff happy and enjoying their place of work. When employees are happy at their place of work, they tend to have more care for what they do, make fewer mistakes and work more efficiently.
Some reward ideas:
• Gift card for a grocery store
• Movie passes
• Gift card to their favourite restaurant or coffee shop
• Edible arrangements
Employees love to feel appreciated. After all, this is their home away from home!
For a great read of ways to reward your staff:
