Should employers work on building a better rapport with employees?

Building a rapport with employees at the workplace helps in creating healthy relationships and a positive work environment. The workplace should not be a formal employer-employee relationship but should go beyond it, where the focus is not only productivity but also gaining from each other’s company and experience. For this, mutual understanding and respect are the keys. Everyone should feel like they are a part of a bigger goal instead of being left alone. When such bonds are established, people feel motivated enough to contribute their best. 

Employees are humans and not just some machinery asset that can mass-produce and deliver targets. Employees need to be managed with care and efficiency because the way they are treated impacts their work outcome. One cannot expect a good outcome if employees are unsatisfied with the work process. It is both co-existential. If there is a strong, healthy relationship with their employers, the entire company benefits. Employees would be happy, loyal, and productive in the long-run and will be dedicated to achieving success for the company’s growth. It also creates a bond where employees begin to make the company’s wishes and milestones their own and work collectively to gain them.

In an organization, nobody should feel left out or as if they are insignificant. A good rapport should be built with every member of the team irrespective of how low or high their job profile is. Paying attention to their needs and opinions creates loyalty and inspires others to work better for it. A connection is developed and the employees no longer just work in exchange for monetary benefits but also for the overall progress of the organization.