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Organizations should realize that employees are far more productive when their personal and work lives remain unaffected by everyday issues or concerns. Through external EAP (Employee Assistance Programs), organizations should aim to improve the emotional and psychological well-being of staff through the provision of advice, information and
support, empowering employees to navigate the challenges of daily life.

Through various modes like telephonic counseling, online support, one-to-one counseling, these can be effectively organized.

R - Recognizing & Rewarding Effort

Mark Twain once said, "I can live for two months on a good compliment."

Personal recognition is a powerful tool in building morale and motivation.

Rewarding and recognizing people for their performance will encourage them to attain goals, and will shape and maintain performance. There are a variety of ways to recognize people, ranging from formal compensation systems to informal non-monetary rewards.

Two highly recommended methods are 'specific verbal praise' and 'planned unexpected recognition'.

Most people would be pleased to get a pat on the back and hear the verbal "good job" from their bosses. Bob Nelson, in "1001 Ways to Reward Employees" underscores the research that supports the use of recognition in the workplace and provides managers with a mountain of proven reward strategies and concrete examples on how to use them.

Planned unexpected recognition happens when you deliberately recognize someone when they do not expect it. You plan it and surprise them with it! For instance, buying a huge chocolate cake with icing on top and gifting it to the team for their effort in improving company sales and profitability can increase their happiness multifold.

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* Contributed by: -
Deepak Mohanty,
Alumni of Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (Class of 2004),
Currently working as Sr. Business Analyst at Cognizant Technology Solutions.