How can you help solve the productivity problem?

This week the UK’s longstanding issue with productivity is back on our screens and in our papers. Lack of training for the bottom 20% of the workforce has been credited as a major part of the problem with those who don’t excel in the current academic system failing to have their creative potential realised. This is a contributing factor however to an issue which has been playing on the UK for years. Our employees work longer hours than many of our neighbouring countries, and yet we don’t achieve the same results. So what can be done to help productivity and how can you make an immediate change in your workplace?

1)      Motivation killers

Many of the most common motivation killers like distracting work colleagues, lack of incentives or too few rewards are overlooked when we consider how to get more from people. This isn’t because they don’t occur to us, but rather we feel that these are areas which will be difficult to change. The problem is, you can’t ask for more from people without giving something back. Perhaps you can’t afford to increase salaries, but could offer a performance measured bonus scheme. Or have the opportunity to win more holiday when staff meet their targets. Look at creative ways you can motivate people if you’ve got a widespread productivity problem, it may be that your staff simply don’t feel appreciated enough.

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