Morale is a state of mood, mind or mental condition of any individual or group to perform a assigned tasks. Morale may be positive (optimistic - high morale) or negative (pessimistic - low morale). How can a superior bring high morale among his subordinates? Give below are the basic techniques:-
- If you are a superior / manager, make sure that you sincerely listen to your subordinates' suggestions and their creative ideas by your non-verbal body language and communication.
- Most superiors do not spend enough time with their subordinates. Time and again, superiors should let their subordinates know that they are available for their subordinates and care about what is going on?
- Sharing general information with employees will make them feel involved, improve morale as secretiveness can be dangerous to morale.
- Expectations, Qualities, Output and Performances of employees will vary from one another. Superiors should know how to financially and non-financially motivate employees for a high morale among the group.
- If you, as a superior, are not satisfied with the performance of any of your subordinate, approach them immediately with your feedback of how to improve his performance as things are not quite right.
- As a superior, if you have trouble in maintaining your level of motivation on the job, try to keep your demotivation away from your subordinates, at the same time, you try to get back on the right track.
- Never make false assurances which you cannot fulfil just to get the things done as it will lead to low morale in future.
- Being biased towards particular subordinate/subordinates also will lead to low morale. Superiors should take utmost care in dealing with all subordinates by treating them equally.
- Every employee wants to grow professionally and also personally. High morale of the employees can be maintained by allowing them to join professional courses, attend training classes to develop themselves for career advancement. This would make the employees feel a greater sense of recognition, achievement & involvement in jobs.
- If you, as a superior, feel satisfied with the performance of any employee, delegating more authorities and responsibilities will serve as a prime motivator and morale booster. It also shows your confidence in their abilities. Involving them in goal-setting also will improve their morale.
- Employees contribution can be appreciated in staff meetings, company newsletters and trade journals.