How You Can Find Out If Your Employees Have Untapped Skills

By Ilechukwu Magnus


Hiring employees requires you pay attention the attitude, personality and accomplishments of candidates and you can find all these information online. However, when it comes to harnessing the untapped skills of those employees you are already working with, you may be in a shortage of information.

There are quite a lot of companies that don't recognize the qualities they have hired. You may even be unknowingly guilty of this. Your employees may be vessels of undiscovered talent, and encouraging them to let loose and use those talents can improve your company and the way you do business.

How To Encourage Your Superstars

What then can you do to inspire your employees to bring their best to your company? Follow these steps.

Pay Attention to Performance Reviews- Performance reviews is a collection of the abilities and special steps taken by each of your employees. These reviews will show you exactly where each employees stand out. You can also allow your employees to rate themselves and state which areas they are interested in developing further.

Alter The Way You Compliment- When you compliment your employees on a job well done, don't simply praise them. Take a closer look at what they did and pinpoint the areas of great initiative. You can even ask them how they did it. While this may sound like a bit of interview, it will grant you the opportunity to understand exactly how their work habits will improve the productivity of your company.

Analyze Their Reasons- While it is necessary that you know the type of task your employees enjoy doing each day, it is also necessary that you know why. Armed with these reasons, you can better deicide which employees work best in specific environments. For instance, while you may mistake that employees working with customer feedbacks enjoy handling surveys, it may be because they have a string affinity for the product in questions. Analyzing these reasons will help you to truly understand which line of products to assign different employees to.

Get Them Motivated- While it may take time and a lot of work to fully inspire and tap the hidden talents of your employees, you can always start with motivation. Using incentives and benefits will help you to boost their morale towards the company. When they feel better about themselves and their place in the company, they will more likely work harder and use their hidden talents. Corporate wear can provide this inspiration because it gives them a sense of belonging, improves their professional look, and makes them feel as if they are part of a company that truly cares about them.

Do you think your employees have untapped talents you may need in your company? Use company clothing, performance reviews, and shrewd analyzing skills to determine what hidden gems reside within your company.




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