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that employees aren’t able to do their jobs schedules.
as well as they would like, but it goes deeper The easiest way to do this is with employee
than this.
scheduling software from ZoomShift. This
Poor training is a leadership challenge in the will allow you to effortlessly create schedules
workplace that can also lead to increased (including rotating shifts and split shifts)
frustration because employees don’t know and track your employees’ time, but most
what it takes to improve their performance or importantly, it provides flexibility.
excel in their roles. If left unchecked, this can
lead to employee burnout, which can be very Employees can easily request time off, trade
damaging for the employee and the business. shifts, and track their PTO, all of which gives
them a great sense of flexibility.
Eventually, this may turn into the biggest
challenge at work. 3. Poor Work-Life Balance
SOLUTION: If you have a work-life balance problem, it is
the biggest challenge at work. We all know
It’s important to see training as an balancing work-life balance is tricky. From the
investment. When you make training a big CEO down to the new entry-level employee,
part of your culture, it will come back to you we can all find it tricky to get this right.
in improved efficiency and productivity.
As a business owner and manager, important
Make sure it’s an open process by involving thing to remember is that more time spent at
your employees in the conversation. Ask them work doesn’t necessarily mean you get more
what skills they think they need to work on.
work done, and it certainly doesn’t guarantee
2. Schedule Inflexibility quality. If you’re expecting your employees to
People lead complicated lives that don’t spend all their hours at work and rarely grant
time off, then it’s going to start to affect their
always fit with the Monday to Friday, 9-5 work health and their performance.
schedule. While some businesses need their
employees to work a fixed schedule, there are SOLUTION:
many that don’t.
Work-life balance starts with culture. If
Scheduling inflexibility can lead to higher you’re conveying a message that the way
stress levels, and affect your workers’ ability to to success is to spend as much time as
do their best work. possible in the office, then it’s not surprising
that people are going to lack a proper work-
SOLUTION:
life balance (even if your scheduling is
Flexible schedules might seem complicated, flexible).
but with the right scheduling software, Celebrate time off and the idea that rest
they’re actually easy to manage. You can and relaxation are essential to peak
still keep track of your employees’ time (if performance. Invest in employee wellbeing,
you feel it’s necessary), and you can give and encourage people to switch off when
your staff greater responsibility for their
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