Five ways to boost employee job satisfaction

With the focus on creating an engaged workforce, employers have to ensure that this isn’t coming at the expense of employees’ job satisfaction. Why is this important? Well, outside of general employee wellbeing, job satisfaction is linked to many positive organizational outcomes—such as prosocial behaviors.¹

Talent Management Magazine provided several tips to increase job satisfaction, with five of them being:

1. Give people frequent opportunities to reflect on how their career goals and interests align with organizational goals.
2. Build a high level of trust between employees and senior leadership.
3. Help employees feel connected to the company’s mission, purpose and future success.
4. Support employee opportunities to expand skills, learn and grow.
5. Place people in the right roles according to their strengths, skills and interests.

Regarding the latter tip, Talent Management Magazine had this to say:

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Not everyone is destined to be a manager. Leaders and managers must have conversations with employees more than just annually about what they love about their work and what doesn’t suit them. These conversations should be ongoing. They also must be two-sided. Employees need to be aware of the organization’s goals and how their skills and aspirations fit within them. Without that knowledge it will be tougher for employees to find a fit.

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To read more about these, as well as other tips, please see the full article at Talent Management Magazine.