10 Tips to keep your cleaning staff motivated
In any cleaning operation, the cleaning supervisor or company owner is probably the most important person who can motivate cleaning crews to take pride in their work. But how one can motivate, instruct, communicate, and lead the cleaning staff?
In every job that I have had from cleaning floors to managing teams across the nation – I have used motivation to drive high performance and results from my teams and myself.
Motivating and leading is what I love to do.
Oftentimes time cleaning company owners face problems keeping their supervisors and cleaning crew members motivated. The cleaning crew member starts out doing a great job from the first day, but when the cleaning company owner starts trusting him, his performance goes downhill.
This makes the company owner think about how he can motivate, instruct, communicate, and lead the cleaning staff to have the same interest that one has as an owner.
Here are some essential tips for the cleaning business owner to motivate their crew members:
1. Find out the strengths and weaknesses.
2. Praise them for their “strong” points and reward them publicly.
3. Identify their weak points and encourage them to improve.
4. Give them recognition as things happen.
5. Provide interactive discussions, fast-paced meetings, and up-to-date equipment.
6. Emphasize the importance of taking breaks.
7. Bring in temporary help to support your team during peak workloads.
8. Offer competitive salaries and commissions
9. Maintain a sense of humor and a friendly relationship with your staff.
10. Conduct a staff interest survey to see if they are in the most appropriate position.
Whether you are looking to energize your cleaning supervisor, manager, or crew members, these 10 tips will work for you. But you need to realize that no one will ever do things just like you.
Investing a little or more time in motivating your cleaning staff is the raw material of personal energy that makes every person and every organization successful. De-motivation or poor morale is cancer and can infect a lot of people and yourself in your organization.
So, keep motivating your employees.