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Why is Voice of Employee (VoE) Important?
Do you remember the good old days when you were bossed around by your parents, teachers and even siblings who think they are know-it-alls? As kids growing up, we had all sorts of rules and regulations, right? Do your homework, be at the dinner table when you are told, don’t eat too much of chocolates, do your chores…the list goes on. Similarly, we have guidelines at our workplaces (advanced versions obviously). Guidelines such as getting to meetings on time, making sure we meet our work deadlines and so on. As your good, mediocre or bad working days go by, I am sure you wonder if you can have a better say in things that happen at the workplace. Are you able to voice out (or even croak) how you really feel about a certain situation? Are you entitled to make decisions that could possibly influence your job or work environment? Or, do you just hold back and keep your opinions to yourself? As an employee, most of us want to be heard (for obvious reasons). I certainly do. I want my employer to hear me out when I come up with a solution to an existing problem or figure out an improvised technique to finish up a task at hand. I want to be able to tell my manager how I feel about something – good or bad – and not be judged for it. Sadly, this isn’t a reality for some of us. Because, for some of us, our voices are restrained – and we are forced to keep our mouths shut and simply go with the flow (sigh). If you encourage a culture that enforces this, your employees will take 10 steps behind, never feel comfortable about voicing how they feel, and will leave your company behind. I […]