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Importance of effective communication in retaining employees

Proper communication helps the organisation in gaining insights regarding the employees feelings towards the work culture, clients as well as colleagues.

In a booming economy such as that of India, retaining employees is crucial for any organization as the investment is high. With increase in competition and the availability of multiple opportunities, it is believed that employees are increasingly becoming less patient and more prone to switching jobs. This trend is detrimental for an organization, especially in the competitive world of IT as the costs of employee turnover are high. Retaining senior managers/directors has become challenge in last couple of years.

Therefore, communication and motivation are two crucial aspects which help in assuring employees and to encourage them to work in an environment which is friendly and nurturing. Improving confidence and trust in leadership, opening new doors for learning opportunities and help in improving managerial skills are very important. These can be achieved by strong internal communication, organising seminars or workshops giving opportunities to the employees to communicate with various industry veterans and enhance their skill-set.

Effective communication will help in developing confidence in employees in the ability of the top leaders to motivate and guide them in today’s dynamic business environment. Any employee’s relationship is very important for their retention as the ease with which one can share problems with their immediate supervisor is crucial for each employee.

Conversation around personal and professional development will make it easier for employees to confide and open up to their senior leadership and will also give a perspective to the organisation regarding the employee’s future plans regarding the organisation.

Proper communication helps the organisation in gaining insights regarding the employee’s feelings towards the work culture, clients as well as colleagues.  Regular two-way communication is crucial and effective and sensitive communications plan can go a long way in increasing the morale of the employees and understanding their problems. This will make the employees feel as a part of the organisation and will not consider themselves as a separate entity. When employees aren't privy to information they believe will help them perform their job duties or are kept in the dark about organizational changes, they can feel that the employer doesn't value them enough to share critical information.

Some ways to increase the communication lines between employees and the organisation is by scheduling regular staff meetings, encouraging supervisors and managers to routinely provide constructive feedback and compliment employees on their work and publishing a company newsletter are ways to create an employer-employee communication paths.

Hence it goes without saying that employees are the foundation of any organisation and are extremely crucial for the proper functioning of any organisation as well as for the achievement of business goals. Effective two-way communication is therefore the heart of employee retention and paves the way for higher employee morale, promotes trust and confidence in leadership and helps in the overall satisfaction and performance of employees.

4 kinds of professionals make a great team

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An entrepreneur has to assemble a team of the workforce which works in synchronization with a unified purpose and a committed effort. And that has to be done right from the beginning till your business goes on.

You recruit and hire the people who can accomplish given assignments for you.  But on the whole, you must build a team for your organization which has 4 kinds of professionals, for various assignments:

Motivators: A motivator is a person who keeps on pushing his colleagues to break new grounds and relentlessly inspires them to achieve better results. He helps you establish a culture of veracity, merit, innovation, and camaraderie in your organization. 

Specialists: Your business comprises different tasks and you have to hire specialists to execute each one of them. Specialists bring with them fundamental insights and deep knowledge vis-à-vis their assignments and can supply direction and wisdom to other team-members on what works and what does not. Your team certainly needs them.

Planners: Having knowledge about something or being skilled is one thing, but keeping a regular eye on emerging industry-trends is completely different. A planner may be skilled in one or two streams, but he has this inherent special skill to perceive happenings around the business and accordingly conceive plans to keep it growing. Customers’ buying-pattern, new moves of competitors, path-breaking product or service-innovations, he has a regular watch on every development happening in your stream of business. You need planners in your team to keep everyone informed about the transformations happening in your business field.

Achievers: Achievers have this innate acumen to achieve. They have this infectious passion and diligence to grow and pluck targets. Achievers belong to a rare breed whose infectious assiduousness rubs off others seamlessly. They own responsibilities with élan and execute them with a typical ease. You must have these achievers in your team to get your business going even in rough times because they are generally unfazed by results and they don’t let other team-members to get rattled either.

    If you have motivators, planners, specialists, and achievers in your team, employed for different tasks, your organisation's efficiency would always hit newer highs, one after another.