Confidence+Building

**Confidence Building**
Introduction: This unit will teach managers how to build confidence and self-esteem in their employees, resulting in increased motivation.

Unit Objectives: The manager will be able to identify low-confidence employees. The manager will have tools to build employee confidence. The manager will be aware of his/her actions and words and how they can affect confidence in employees.


 * Confidence has to come from the inside. However, as a manager, you can help your employees find and build the confidence that they all need to be successful and feel worth of that success. This video is one that will inspire you, and one that you may wish to share with your employees.**

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= = =5 Great Ways To Improve Employee Confidence=

Employee confidence is necessary to help employees reach their potential at their jobs. Employee confidence affects job performance as well as job satisfaction, and can greatly affect turn over rates in high stress job areas.

Employee confidence has received greater attention in the workplace because it playas critical role in the success of any company. There are many ways to increase employee confidence.

1. Offer employees opportunities to train effectively before starting a new job, and continue to provide educational opportunities so employees feel they are growing on the job.

Employees will feel more confident when they are offered continuing education opportunities as well as advanced trainings on their job. They will enjoy their job when they feel they are mastering their area rather than struggling to keep up. This is why employee confidence is so crucial.

2. Offer feedback consistently and often to employees. When an employee needs additional help or resources to complete a job better, tell the employee immediately and work to rectify the situation quickly.

Employee confidence is greatly undermined when an employee is hit with many various criticisms at once rather than being corrected nicely along the way.

3. Provide people employees feel comfortable talking to to ask questions and gather additional information. When employees feel they can approach management, they are often more likely to ask questions and get help rather than make a mistake.

Approachable staff encourages employees to take ownership of their work and to receive a certain pride from a job well done. Providing people employees to go to with problems and concerns demonstrates a dedication to employee happiness.

4. Implement appropriate safety procedures so that employees feel comfortable doing their job. When an employee does not feel comfortable or confident that they are safely performing a task, they may not do the task as well.

Additionally, tasks without safety measures could lead to injuries and illnesses that undermine confidence and cost the company more money. Safety measures demonstrate the company’s interest in the safety of employees, and increase an employee’s sense of confidence in the workplace.

5. Praise a job well done and offer incentives. Even a few words of encouragement can bolster employee confidence and make a regular day feel like a good one.

Employee confidence means an employee who is more productive and \easier to manage. Provide positive reinforcement for such behavior in the workplace with words of encouragement and other incentives to continue working hard, staying safe, and learning as much as they can.

Employee confidence is essential to the success of a company. The employees are responsible for product manufacturing and shipping, as well as for delivering services.

When employees feel confident, they do their jobs better and stay loyal to their company longer. Encourage these benefits by instilling employee confidence in your employees today!

=**But wait--there's more...**=

Do you want //your employees// to be confident in //you//? **Here are a few ideas:**
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