At least once a week we receive a call that goes like this “Moral is really bad – what should I do?”
Let me start my assuring you there is not one single answer to a moral issue. Typically, we like to start by coming in and casually talking to the employees. Slowly, we can start to piece together what is REALLY going on in the workplace. Often times it comes down to one or two employees who are unhappy and want to bring everyone down to their level but constantly complaining. Other things to consider and work on changing:
- Have you changed the way you interact with your employees? Are you terser, short with your conversation or maybe just not interacting with them as much.
- Communications consistently show up in HR surveys as the number one issue making employees unhappy. We consistently see both positive and negative information being passed to employees in a counter-productive manner. You may think you are putting a positive spin on an announcement but unfortunately, we typically see the opposite happens.
- Have you recently terminated an employee with no explanation to the rest of the staff?
- Has there been less work and they don’t know why?
There are so many reasons why moral could be down in your organization. Not sure where to begin on fixing the problem? Give us a call, we have many years of experience with this problem and can offer guidance.
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