WOW - Part 2

Welcome to the 2nd Part of WOW - Ways of Working...!! Hope you might have got some learning from WOW - Part 1.

Today I will highlight some common issues that takes place in an organisation, some common mistakes of employer and employees and how they can be addressed.

In general case issues or problems arise due to Conflict of Interest. Different people have different minds and different goals in life. The entrepreneur perceive the goal to take his organisation to new heights and accomplish his goals, for which he invests money, take risk, expand his business reach, manufacture more goods and all this can be possible after hiring manpower. Every employer desire that every individual working in his organisation should have the same vision, mission and goal that he perceives.

But on the other side of the coin the employees have their own goals, visions, missions and milestones to achieve. The focus of employee lies in monetary gains, employee benefits and advantages that he expects from the organisation.

This is called conflict of interest. The interest of employer is to run his business and earn handsome profit to reach new milestones but in the process he needs the manpower that aligns to his goals and visions. The sync between the team gets disturbed and individuality exists over the team spirit. The conflict of interest further leads to Job Dissatisfaction and languidness to the employees.

Job Dissatisfaction is the dangerous disease that can ever happen to an organisation. It is the most contagious disease that keeps spreading from one person to the other in no time. An employee dissatisfied  with his job results into other satisfied employees turning their face towards the one who is dissatisfied and agree to his points of dissatisfaction no matter how wrong, illogical or unpractical they are.

The result of job dissatisfaction is most devastating when the employee remains into the organisation. It could be better if he leaves the job at the earliest and finds himself a new job that suits to his requirements.

Coming back to Conflict of Interests, there are two possibilities to avoid Conflict of Interest.

1. The employer to look after employee's interest.

2. The employee to look after employer's interest

So how do they do that ? What are the ways to practice the above 2 possibilities ?

The employer can look after employee's interest by being liberal in policy or believe in more profit sharing. The salary and benefits must be on value for work basis. The employer can surprise his employers by some gits, incentive or a fun gathering. Festivals are the best time to delight the employees with sweets, gift and incentives. The employee feels satisfied when he gets some favour. Another thing which satisfies employee is the leave policy. There has to be certain policies and procedures in every organisation but when an employee is in a dire need of leave or when his/her circumstances gets adverse, he always seeks help from the organisation, and by getting it he may never forget the favours and shall remain loyal to the organisation. The supportive environment for employee will always attract him to work harder and harder which helps employer to align with his vision and missions for his organisation.

The employee can look after employer's interest by being loyal, helpful and providing value addition for the task he is being given and serve the employer in all his business situations. Understanding the duties and responsibilities given to employee, one should well judge the situation and act as what would he do if he was an employer. For every employee to be successful in his job, he must think and work as if he was an employer and he has to take decisions. With employee satisfaction, there should also be a term of employer satisfaction. Without satisfaction in job, one can not perform whether it may be employer or employee. Another thing that is important for employee is to maintain the culture and respect for his colleagues and employee.

The above were my views on Ways Of Working.. Feel free to share your views and please subscribe to my blogs to receive regular updates.

I will be back with an interesting blog soon. Till then good bye..!!

-Kushal