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a part of the business. People have different 10. Lack of Technology
opinions, and that’s a great thing, but it’s how It can be endlessly frustrating when you don’t
communication is handled that matters. have the right tools to do your job.
When differences of opinion spill over into Choosing the right technology can be difficult,
outright conflict, and even bullying, it can be particularly for small business owners who
terrible for employee morale, performance, have limited resources. However, there’s
productivity, mood, and everything else. some technology that pays for itself in the long
SOLUTION: run, and without it, you just can’t keep up with
the competition.
You can overcome this common workplace
challenge by creating an open environment SOLUTION:
where employees can express themselves One of the best things you can do is create
in a structured way. By promoting teamwork, a technology plan. This looks at your current
encouraging feedback, addressing negative and future needs to decide which technology
attitudes, and asking about the biggest is a priority and which can wait.
challenges at work, you can create a more
harmonious environment. Make sure to get feedback from your
employees, as they’re the ones that will be
9. No Potential Growth working with the technology on a daily basis.
Everybody has goals. As much as your Ask them what problems have you faced
employees might enjoy their jobs, they also during the work and what technology can
want to progress their careers and take on help resolve that.
new challenges in the workplace. If your You’ll find that technology like ZoomShift can
business doesn’t appear to offer these save employees precious time, freeing them
opportunities, then it’s going to be a top issues up to spend more time on the most important
in the workplace. tasks.
SOLUTION:
Final Thoughts
Set a career progression map that shows Leadership challenges in the workplace are a
your employees the opportunities that are part of the business. There are always going
available. Discuss what criteria need to be to be new workplace issues, but the important
met for raises, and help your staff plan their thing is that you can work through them in a
career trajectory. logical, timely way.
The other important aspect is to follow These are some of the most common
through with what you talk about. Show that workplace challenges and solutions. As you
you promote from within and offer raises to can see, they’re very solvable. Often, the
high-performing employees. key is communication, and with the right
technology, you can normally find a simple
solution.
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