Employee Morale and You
Some of my views on workplace morale (or "What I would do if I were the CEO):
(1) There is great value in morale. Productivity can vary from 25% of time spent to 100% of time spent producing valuable work. When morale is good, the number is closer to 75% (allowing for blind alleys) and when morale is low it is closer to 25%.
(2) There is also a lot of value in having smart people at the workplace. Not only do they have more ideas, they tend to be less homogeneous. Also, they are a great sounding board off which to bounce ideas. Having someone smart to talk to and even talking about something completely unrelated can substantially improve productivity and make the person feel stimulated.
(3) The value of having someone dedicated to morale and smartness is great. This person can talk to everyone in turns. He/she becomes a walking “breath of fresh air”. If you meet someone in the break room or when walking down the corridor, then more often than not, that person is absorbed in a different problem, or is jaded or talks shop. Now, if there is one smart person who talks to you about nothing remotely related to your immediate problem – the value of the stimulating distraction is quite large.
(1) There is great value in morale. Productivity can vary from 25% of time spent to 100% of time spent producing valuable work. When morale is good, the number is closer to 75% (allowing for blind alleys) and when morale is low it is closer to 25%.
(2) There is also a lot of value in having smart people at the workplace. Not only do they have more ideas, they tend to be less homogeneous. Also, they are a great sounding board off which to bounce ideas. Having someone smart to talk to and even talking about something completely unrelated can substantially improve productivity and make the person feel stimulated.
(3) The value of having someone dedicated to morale and smartness is great. This person can talk to everyone in turns. He/she becomes a walking “breath of fresh air”. If you meet someone in the break room or when walking down the corridor, then more often than not, that person is absorbed in a different problem, or is jaded or talks shop. Now, if there is one smart person who talks to you about nothing remotely related to your immediate problem – the value of the stimulating distraction is quite large.
posted by Harish at
3:52 PM
1 Comments:
'Smart' as you say here is slightly tricky to detect when hiring, I think. Often companies are just looking for minions to do their bidding. In that case, 'smart' people can be a liability.
Agree with the overall point though.
~Vivin
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