The Importance of Making Sure That Your
Employees Actually Like Each Other
Make no mistake
about it: a business is more important than any one person. A successful
business is truly the sum of its parts. It's a collection of people all
working together to form a cohesive whole, helping the business as an
entity move forward into the future and accomplish the goals that it has
outlined for itself at the same time. Finding the right people to fill the
right positions is one important step towards achieving this environment,
but it is exactly that – one part. An element that is just as important
(but one that far too many business owners fail to pay attention to until
it's far too late) comes from the idea that your employees also have to
actually enjoy working with one another if your business is going to
succeed the way you want it to.
The Business Consequences of Employees That Don't Like Each Other
When your employees don't like one another, it creates a situation where
they become disengaged from their environment. This is true regardless of
the type of industry that you're operating in. When employee engagement
suffers, nearly every other aspect of your enterprise will as well.
Productivity begins to decline. The high level of customer service that
you've become known for disappears. The individual goals of team members
are no longer aligned with the larger corporate goals of your business.
In essence, the entire machine begins to break down. Think of your
employees as the engine on a car. Each element is important in its own
right, but they're all working together to act as the force that propels
the car forward. When they stop working together, the car doesn't move –
which is exactly what can happen if your employees don't like each other
and if this trend shows no signs of reversing itself anytime soon.
Ways to Improve Employee Relations
Team building exercises like business retreats aren't just a great way to
make sure that you're working with a team of high-quality employees – it's
also a great opportunity to guarantee that these are high-quality people at
the exact same time. Hosting regular events after work with the express
intention of increasing relations and improving morale is the type of
decision that will pay dividends for years to come.
Employees will begin to get more comfortable with one another and will develop
the type of rapport that your business will thrive on. It creates the type
of business where employees don't just take pride in their own work, but in
the work of everyone else, too. People want to see each other succeed,
making them truly invested in the process. This creates the type of
situation where the larger idea of your business benefits as a result.
These are just a few of the reasons why it is so important to make sure
that your employees actually like each other. A (cheesy) old saying tells
us that “there is no 'I' in 'team'” - in the world of business, this is
very much true. Employees that like each other not only as companions but
as people are more willing to help each other when times get tough. They
don't just think about themselves – they think about themselves in the
context of a much larger whole. They think about success less in terms of
their own careers and more in terms of your business. Talented employees
who don't like the environment that they're in because of their co-workers
essentially accomplish the exact opposite.
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