If they are hitting your targets, and deadlines are constantly being met well ahead of time, then productivity will be less of an issue for you. On the other hand, if the work you give out isn’t being completed on time, then you need to take the necessary steps to manage your employees.
You can maximise productivity in the following ways.
#1: Find ways to monitor your employees
While your employees might resent you keeping an eye on what they are up to, know that it is a necessity if they aren’t completing work on time. As the boss, you could walk around the workplace regularly, but you can save yourself a lot of time by watching your employees on cameras that you have set up to monitor them instead.
You are more likely to discover the behaviours that are responsible for deadlines being missed this way, as your employees might forget that they are being watched. Not only can cameras be set up around your workplace, but if you have drivers missing delivery targets, you can use a fleet dash cam to track them while they’re on the roads.
And there are other things you can do. You might employ somebody to supervise your employees, for example, as they will be able to monitor your employees on your behalf. You can also use employee monitoring software on your computers to check what they are busying themselves with online.
By tracking your employees in such ways, you can get to the root of why their productivity might be slow. It could be because they are taking more breaks than they should or behaving in any other way that you wouldn’t deem appropriate. Or it could be because they are struggling with their workloads. Whatever the case, when you pick up on any problems, you will be able to deal with them accordingly.
#2: Be a better boss
In some cases, your employees might be to blame for low productivity. On the other hand, the finger of blame might point at you. We aren’t suggesting you’re the boss from hell, but your employees might disagree with us. So, think about your actions. Do you give your employees more work than they can deal with?
Do you ignore their pleas for help? Do you give them fewer break times than they need? Do you constantly micromanage them? Any one of these actions could limit your employees’ productivity, not only because you are in danger of exhausting them, but because you are lowering their morale as well.
So, be a better boss if you’re guilty of giving your employees a hard time. By giving your employees a workload they can reasonably deal with, and by giving them more time in the day to refresh themselves, tiredness shouldn’t become an issue.
When your employees come to you for help, listen to them, as you might pick up on why they aren’t productive. And trust your employees to get work done instead of micromanaging them, as not only will they have more time to work without being disrupted, but they will be happier in their work too.
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