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Ways You Can Support And Develop Your Workforce As An Entrepreneur

Five Ways You Can Support And Develop Your Workforce As An Entrepreneur

Hey guys, In this article, we will discuss the five ways you can support and develop your workforce as an entrepreneur. So keep reading.

With the ongoing challenges placed on day-to-day business operations by covid-19, you may have come to have a new appreciation for your workforce as they adapt and thrive in new working situations.

A successful business depends on a reliable and robust workforce with diverse skills and experience levels. As a business owner and entrepreneur, it is important that you take the time to develop and grow your team to become the best fit for your business and support their future career successes.

Here are five ways you can support and develop your workforce as an entrepreneur.

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1. Provide Further Training Opportunities

2. Participate In A Mentoring Scheme

3. Support Flexible Working Hours

4. Emphasize Mental Health In The Workplace

5. Team Building

1. Provide Further Training Opportunities

There are many further education and training opportunities available to aid professional development in the workplace. You should aim to provide your workforce with plenty of opportunities to participate and develop themselves.

These might be focused on developing soft skills (often associated with innate personality traits and social skills), such as assertiveness, critical thinking, or leadership and management qualities.

On the other hand, if you have noticed that certain members of your team are weaker in some hard skills, such as confidently using a particular piece of computer software, sending them on a training course to develop their skills in this area will not only make for a more efficient working practice in the future, it will boost their own confidence and self-esteem.

2. Participate In A Mentoring Scheme

Mentoring is a great way to support your staff in achieving their career goals. As a mentor, you will provide guidance and advice to less-experienced colleagues that will enable them to grow in their careers and successfully apply for promotions.

You will provide advice and guidance based on your own experiences as an entrepreneur, and you could also provide your mentee with other user experiences, such as giving detailed feedback on tasks and presentations and shadowing opportunities.

Mentoring is also a great way to give back to your wider community and open up opportunities to a wider demographic.

For instance, a black-led mentorship program launches in Bristol which will support aspiring entrepreneurs to reach their goals and achieve their full potential in the business world.

3. Support Flexible Working Hours

One of the huge changes wrought by the coronavirus is the change to daily working life, and many organizations and individuals have successfully adjusted to the challenge of working from home for the best part of 18 months.

As businesses tentatively start returning to the office, there are many benefits of the flexibility of working from home, which many people may be reluctant to lose.

Staff can fit their workday around other life commitments, which is especially beneficial for those with young children as they can complete their work around bringing up their family.

As an employer, you might decide to retain an element of this flexibility whilst also promoting the essential contact time of office work. You could specify that employees need to have a certain number of hours in the office, for instance, attending on Mondays for weekly catch-up meetings, but spend other days working remotely.

4. Emphasize Mental Health In The Workplace

With regular deadlines, heavy workloads, and the obligation to work with different personality types, the workplace can soon become stressful.

Though steps have been taken over recent years to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health, many people remain reluctant to openly discuss their struggles, particularly in the workplace.

As such, you should encourage an open environment in which your staff feels supported and safe to approach you for help when they feel that things are getting on top of them.

Provide your team with training on techniques to look after their mental health, such as mindfulness, and have stepped in place regarding counselling should an individual feel that they would benefit from talking to someone.

You should also encourage your team to adopt a healthy work-life balance so that they return to work feeling refreshed and relaxed after having enjoyed valuable time with their families and friends.

5. Team Building

Team building activities are important for helping your staff feel relaxed around each other and encouraging improved communication and collaboration.

This might involve a few office-based activities to break the ice before settling down to work, a dedicated team-building day at a local training centre, or simply going out for a few relaxed drinks after work to bond with your staff in a social setting.

So that’s all from my side. I hope you liked this article on the five ways you can support and develop your workforce as an entrepreneur. If you found this article helpful then please share it with social media followers such as Facebook, Twitter, etc.

About Yashwant Shakyawal

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Yashwant Shakyawal is a passionate, innovative, and curious digital marketing specialist with experience in Social Media Optimization, web content creation, Content Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, and brand marketing.

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