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they leave the office (don’t expect people SOLUTION:
to constantly reply to emails and messages Encouraging open communication should
outside of office hours).
be one of the main roles of a manager. It’s
4. Lack of Motivation about putting systems in place that allows
Motivation isn’t something you can just magic messages to travel freely from top-to-bottom,
up. There will always be some days where and bottom to top.
your employees feel motivated and others Sometimes this can be as simple as finding
where they don’t. the right platform to communicate on. For
example, you might be doing everything
What is a problem when there’s a persistent through email, when instead, what you
lack of motivation across your entire
workforce? need is something more instant like Slack,
that integrates well with your project
Motivation is a common workplace challenge, management tools.
and thankfully there are lots of solutions to it.
6. Trust Issues
SOLUTION:
When it comes to workplace challenges and
Communicate with your staff! A great place solutions, trust issues can be one of the
to start is by asking what factors they find most difficult to solve. This is because trust is
most motivating. Create a list of factors generally eroded over a period of time, and it
such as pay, time off, goals, and bonuses, takes time to win it back.
and ask them to rank them in order of If employees feel like their employers can’t be
importance.
trusted, or that they’re not trusted to do their
This will help you understand what gets the job, then it’s a recipe for unhappiness.
most out of your employees, allowing you to SOLUTION:
implement new motivation techniques.
One of the easiest ways for trust to break
5. Lack of Communication down is through a lack of communication.
A lack of communication is a common problem People can’t read minds, so when they’re
in the workplace. But without communication, not getting the information they need, they
it’s difficult for employees to know what’s start to fill in the blanks themselves, and
expected of them. It also means that other often not in a good way.
problems go unreported, rather than getting
fixed, they begin to stack up. Sometimes businesses have to deliver bad
news, but if you’re open and honest about it,
Poor communication will hurt productivity it’s going to help build trust.
and lead to more errors, so it’s important that One way to get people to communicate and
businesses find ways to improve in this area.
trust each other again is to encourage team-
building activities.
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