Do you know what your employees need?

Every employee needs and wants something. It’s your job as the manager to find out what that is and help leverage that into something that ultimately helps both the employee and the company. By knowing what they need you can develop goals, training and responsibilities that help employee obtain it.

So how do you figure this out? Just ask a few questions

• A.)  What are the 3 most important goals of your job?
• B.)   What are your top 5 responsibilities and why?
• C.)  When do you know that you are doing a good job?
• D.)  How would you explain what you do to a friend or family member?
• E.)   What would ‘going the extra mile’ be in your job?

You’ll be able to assess the following after asking the above listed questions

• a.)    Do they have goals, are their goals aligned with the companies goals and how can I help them achieve those goals to help them reach success?
• b.)    Do they understand the importance of their role, do they understand the most important responsibilities of their position and why those are important to the company?
• c.)    Do they understand when they are doing a good job; do they know how to measure their own success?
• d.)    Can they articulate to others what their position is with the company and is that description accurate?
• e.)    Do they understand how they can go above and beyond in their position; do they know what that looks like and how to objectively look for ways to go the extra mile? Are they motivated to even find a way to go the extra mile for themselves and the company?