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 can one motivate, instruct, communicate, and lead the cleaning staff? In every job that I have had, from being a healthcare assistant to a nurse, then to cleaning floors to managing teams across the nation – I have used motivation to drive high performance and results from my teams, including students, newly qualified nurses and myself.
Motivating and leading is what I love to do. Often time, cleaning company owner face the problems keeping his supervisors and cleaning crew member motivated. Cleaning crew member starts outs doing a great job from the first day, but when cleaning company owner starts trusting him, his performance goes downhill. This makes the company owner think how he can motivate, instruct, communicate, and lead the cleaning staff to have the same interest that one does have 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 for improvement.
4. Maintain open and transparent communication channels.
5. Provide clear expectations and guidelines for tasks.
6. Give them recognition as things happen.
7. Provide interactive discussions, fast-paced meetings, and up to date equipment.
8. Emphasize the importance of taking breaks.
9. Bring in temporary help to support your team during peak workloads.
10. Offer flexibility in work schedules when possible. Accommodate reasonable requests for time off or schedule adjustments
11. Offer competitive salaries and commissions
12. Maintain a sense of humor and a friendly relationship with your staff.
13. 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 must need to realize that no one will ever do things just like you.
Remember, the key is to create a positive and supportive workplace where your cleaning staff feels valued and motivated to contribute their best efforts. Regularly assessing their needs and preferences can help tailor motivational strategies to suit your specific team.
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 moral is cancer and can infect a lot of people and yourself too in your organization.
So, keep motivating your employees.