Focus driven attendance is the key to 2013

Instead of setting specific goals in 2013, set areas of focus.As every year, in January the biggest struggle for HR is usually absenteeism. Setting focus driven goals at the start of a new year can seem like an overwhelming task and can lead to shortcuts and shortcoming, especially if the employee is not happily taking ownership of the targets discussed. However, selecting an area to simply improve on, gives rise to opinions and innovative ways of improvement via employee input. Leaving the target open ended and led by their input ensures that emotional motivation leads your employees to do better, without the push to take shortcuts. The outcome may surprise you.

Once motivation becomes emotional (motivated by enjoyment of work and wanting to sincerely better their performance), absenteeism should naturally drop. Your employees will want to be at work and as long as their hard work is noticed, praised and possibly even rewarded, this will continue long past their new year’s resolutions.

Additionally, January is infamously a time for better health goals and healthier routines. Ensuring that your work place offers ways for your employees to fulfill these goals while keeping a full working schedule is important. Work place health schemes have long been proven to be popular and successful as well as easy to implement. Helping your employees to better themselves professionally and personally, benefits them and your company whilst guaranteeing their attendance. Honeydew Health Ltd can highlight the drops in attendance and improve the health of your employees using occupational health services combined with great advice for setting up such health schemes within the workplace.