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6 Building a High Morale Workplace

must be right for morale to flourish. There are no set rules or
particular management styles that will transform your environ-
ment. Just know that you can’t do it alone.

Discuss with your employees ways to co-create the ideal
environment, a place where you all will feel great about working
together. Then take it upon yourself to experiment, try out new
ideas, and build on the successes of your team. Encourage your

employees to do the same.
Each of the following morale boosters relates to a particular
management style that any caring and spirited manager or
supervisor can put into action for his or her employees.

Five Steps to Create High-Spirited Morale Boosters

There are five steps you can take to create high-spirited morale
boosters. Let’s review those now.

Step 1. Become a Genuine and Authentic Manager

Authentic managers care
Authentic Genuine and a great deal about their
honest in dealing with other people and make them
people, yet also considerate
of their feelings. Employees know feel special and valued.
Their compliments are real
where an authentic manager stands on
any issue that arises. Employees respect and from the heart, not
an authentic manager and know they phony and manipulative.
have his or her respect as well. Authentic leaders sustain

morale by taking the time
to listen to their workers, to understand their emotional needs,
and to support those needs by asking questions and demon-
strating genuine concern.

Step 2. Tune into the Emotional Needs of Your Employees
It’s critical that you have a basic understanding of the emotional
needs of your workers:

• Praise and recognition
• Achievement and advancement
• Sense of belonging