Are your employees stressed? Feeling burdened and unappreciated?
According to research from Deloitte, the "overwhelmed employee" is one of the trends affecting enterprises around the globe. In other words, staff feel strained by the volume of information they face on a regular basis, within the context of a demanding work environment as a whole.
Deloitte's survey found that over half (65 per cent) of executives thought the "overwhelmed employee" is an "urgent" or "important" issue, but a full 44 per cent said they weren't ready to address it.
With many teams facing demanding workloads, organisations may struggle with lost productivity, poor morale, employee turnover and more if they're unable to ease the burden. However, for small businesses, the answer is rarely as simple as bringing additional staff on board.
To maintain operational efficiency, small to midsized enterprises must complete their whole range of services and administrative tasks while sticking to a limited budget, which often means they cannot afford to take on new staff to ease the burden. So, what can your company do about the "overwhelmed employee" trend?
Small Business Chronicle suggested requiring stressed workers to take mental breaks, such as time spent away from the desk for lunch. Giving employees more specific guidelines can also help them get organised and take off the pressure to avoid mistakes at all costs, the source advised.
Similarly, Deloitte emphasised the importance of simplifying the work environment for employees, helping them to create more "think time" and less busy time characterised by being bound to their desks and devices.
That makes discovering ways to streamline processes and boost productivity a critical business strategy. In addition to making the company run more smoothly, this goal helps alleviate the pressures for employees - thereby preventing the problems that come along with an overstressed workforce.
Organisations can leverage affordable, productivity-boosting tools to assist with this goal. Small business accounting software, for instance, can reduce the time it takes to keep up with bookkeeping and payroll tasks, enabling workers to complete these duties more efficiently to save time for other activities.
CashManager by Accomplish was designed to reduce accounting burdens by automating processes as much as possible while providing an intuitive, easy-to-use platform for bookkeeping tasks.