How Can Technology Innovations Make You A Better Boss?

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When you’re in charge of a group of employees, it’s easy to feel the strain. Your business is responsible for the livelihoods of other people. You have to get it right or it’s not just you, and your personal finances, that are going to struggle.

As time passes and you become more comfortable with being a boss, there can be a loss of that feeling. In some ways, that’s a good thing – you don’t need to panic constantly, worrying for the financial future of your staff. In other ways, it’s not such a good thing. It’s the beginning of the route that leads to being a bad boss; because you have forgotten to take care of the very lifeblood of your company, the people who make your whole enterprise possible. No company owner ever intends for this to happen – and some would swear blind they still care for their employees very much – but with distance and experience comes a distraction from the initial fears. Within that distraction, you can begin to be separated from the core concerns that once threatened to consume you.

Apart from the relief to your sense of well-being, this isn’t a good thing. Working for a bad boss is something that most of us have to go through at some point. The irritation of the poor communication, the lack of empathy – some might even consider working for such a person is a rite of passage in employment.

However, there is absolutely no doubt that happy employees are better employees. They are more likely to go the extra mile for you, ensure they give you nothing but their best, and also stay in their job longer (thus saving you a costly recruitment process).

There are various ways to ensure you maintain a positive experience for your employees, but one of the best ways is to utilize the technology innovations that are available to you. Want to know more about how tech can improve your standing as a boss? Then read on…

Use Tech To… Help Keep Track Of Personal Records

There is nothing more frustrating for an employee than to feel like they’re just a number; a faceless drone who has no real place in the company. If someone feels like that, they will feel little sense of belonging or loyalty.

What’s the primary way to make employees feel like that? Forgetting essential information. Keeping good HR records about their abilities, their work, and even a few details about their home life, can transform a faceless drone into an actual person. This, in turn, will make them feel more appreciated.

By far the best way to do this is through keeping good HR records via a database. With the help of a database developer, you can ensure that with just a few keystrokes, you can pull up all the information on a single employee in a matter of seconds. You’ll be informed; they will feel like they are appreciated as an individual. It’s a double win.

Use Tech To… Encourage Health and Fitness

There are a plethora of different health and fitness apps available, as well as wearable tech like FitBits. You might think that these are for personal use and not something you need to be concerned with – but think about that for a second. The healthier your employees are, the better your company is going to run. Why? Fewer sick days, for one thing, not to mention a workforce that isn’t consumed by medical problems and can thus better focus on the task in hand.

Encouraging your staff to use this technology to monitor and improve their health can also be a bonding experience. You can offer small financial incentives for whoever manages to walk the most steps in a day, or who can reduce their blood pressure impressively. Don’t force people to engage, but make it clear that you’ll be delighted if they do – which also reinforces your image as a caring, thoughtful boss.

Use Tech To… Allow Flexible Working

Working from home is something that many people crave, but few get the chance to do. With the technology available now, there’s no reason you shouldn’t utilize tech to give your employees more freedom.

You can use Skype to conduct meetings, use cloud platforms to share data and documentation – in fact, there’s very little you can’t do remotely that you can do in an office. Offering your staff to work from home will relieve any childcare or health concerns they have, while still ensuring that they’re present to get the job done.

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