Many small business owners have a number of employees working for them; however, if you are new to the world of running your own business, you may not be aware of the best ways to keep those employees happy. It is important you do this as there are a range of benefits to having happy employees. These include: 

• Happy employees tend to be more productive. This means that there is overall less stress and burnout suffered by employees. They are less preoccupied with themselves and as such are a lot more focused on their work. 
• Happy employees make for better leaders. This is because of the fact they become a lot more resilient and so are at less risk to adversity, meaning they bounce back from failure better. 
• Happy employees are more creative. As a direct result of being less worried about the day-to-day tasks, they can now dream of new possibilities. 
• Happy employees make for better team players. They are a lot more likely to help others and as such, can tackle bigger issues at work as part of a team. 

So, those are the benefits of having happy employees, but how do you begin to instill that happiness? The answer may be a lot more straightforward than you think. 

Ensure Their Job Comes with a Range of Benefits 

It’s one thing giving employees a wage for the job that they do, but if you are providing them with benefits that they may well not have had in their previous place of work, then this will lead to them being happier all around.  One of the major benefits that employees look for in their employers is good company health insurance. By providing this, you are showing that you care about the work your team is doing and that you are conscious of their safety as they do it. As such, knowing that will make for happier employees. 

Recognise When they are Making Progress 

An employee is going to feel a lot more spurred on to continue making progress with their work if you are recognising when they are doing well. If you are pausing as a means to highlight milestones that people hit and acknowledge the challenges that they have overcome, you will be ensuring that people feel as though their contributions are rewarded. It’s amazing how far a simple “thank you” can actually go. 

Make Work Fun 

When your business imposes a more relaxed setting and makes it so that employees are encouraged to have a joke around with one another, it makes it much easier for the same employees to be happy in their roles. This means that people don’t act as cautious with their role either as they aren’t as afraid to make mistakes due to the fact when these mistakes happen, they are able to see the funny side as well as the downside. These also pave the way for additional moments of communication with your employees as well.