Does your employees’ skill-level match the requirements of their role? Perhaps they are aiming too high and putting pressure on themselves which ultimately leads to decreased efficiency. Or maybe they’re simply not receiving enough support in their role, leading to a lack of motivation and self-belief. Whatever the reason, the added pressure of being in any one of these situations is bound to cause stress, which will only make the situation worse.
Lindsey Reed, Career Ambition’s specialist in Confidence and Career Coaching says: “A productive workforce is a happy workforce, and a happy workforce means a healthier business. Imagine having an office in which 20% of employees are delivering 80% of the results? This would evoke a number of negative feelings that contribute to a frosty atmosphere. An unproductive workplace almost always becomes a stressful one, which certainly won’t improve productivity levels!”
If you are wondering how you can stop this vicious cycle of poor performance and stress from starting, the good news is that there are some simple techniques that can help you and your workforce to manage their personal stress levels and concentrate fully on the job in hand! The free Career Ambitions Club offers ‘Five Simple Steps to Reducing Stress’ that you may find interesting to read.
However, if your problem is a little more daunting than that, or perhaps you’d like to pre-empt and avoid this situation entirely, feel free to contact Lindsey on 01223 633535. Her unique techniques are a breath of fresh air and can help to steer your team away from trouble.
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Workforces tipping the healthy balance - just 20% doing 80% of the work?
9 July 2014
It’s a scary statistic. Is Pareto’s principle – the 80:20 rule - becoming an increasingly real scenario in the workplace? Poor performance in the workplace not only reduces the efficiency of the work force, it can massively damage businesses. When just 20% of employees may be picking up the slack for the other 80%, this can lead to an unhealthy imbalance, and an even unhealthier atmosphere. So, what causes poor performance, and how can we overcome it?