5 tips to help employees overcome work pressure during the holiday season

How does work pressure affect employees?

The end of the year is a sprint time for many companies, the work is fast, the sales targets are high, just that much is enough to see the tension and stress that is weighing on the departments. When the pressure is greater, it will severely affect the physical and mental health of employees. It is the main culprit that causes employees to feel sluggish, tired and lose motivation to work.

As a result, deadlines are often delayed, and the employee turnover rate increases. Especially in this sensitive time, many employees "plot" to leave their jobs right after Tet. More seriously, this also leads to reduced efficiency, low work productivity, causing huge losses in terms of time as well as money of the business.

According to a survey by Deloitte, 65% of company executives stated that overwork is an urgent and important situation that needs to be addressed in the workplace. Therefore, as a manager, you need to have skillful human resource management strategies to maintain employee productivity. That is also the "golden" key to help employees and employers build strong relationships in the spirit of "win-win".

What should be done to relieve work pressure for employees at the end of the year?

1. Actively support and help employees

Being a boss does not mean that you only know how to lead, give orders and make employees obey. A great boss is someone who is always ready to support and help employees when needed. Take the time to ask employees about the difficulties in their work, actively learn and listen to employees share and help them come up with solutions. Sometimes, just being cared for by the boss is enough for employees to feel less stressed and try to work more efficiently. Not only that, working with a caring, supportive manager will help employees feel attached to the organization and be more motivated to do well.

2. Recruiting part-time, freelancer

The volume of work increases when the Tet holiday season is very close, making employees always have to work overtime, holidays can not be absent. At this point, managers should consider recruiting part-time or freelancer personnel to support employees to overcome work pressure. When the workload exceeds the employee's strength, burnout and fatigue will inevitably occur. Therefore, having more support people not only helps employees to limit overtime work, but also promotes a rapid increase in year-end sales.

3. Regularly motivate and encourage work spirit

A recent Salesforce survey found that employees who feel their voices are heard are 4.6 times more productive than others. So, instead of criticizing or criticizing employees with guilt, managers give constructive feedback. Those are the responses in the spirit of encouragement, objectivity and sincerity, towards finding solutions to the work. Just a few words of encouragement and encouragement to work at the right time will be a "doping dose" that has a strong impact on employee motivation.

4. Set New Year Goals

When planning for the new year, so that employees are not overwhelmed, leaders should guide them to take small steps to be able to achieve their goals now. Setting progress for each of these small steps helps the kernel stay on track, working efficiently without being "overloaded".

In addition, goals need to be realistic and measurable. Because your employees will be more motivated to work if they are put in a position to work towards the goals that are within reach.

5. Recognition of efforts, rewards at the right time

More than 1,700 Achievers survey participants say that recognition and rewards influence their decision to stay or look for a new job. Therefore, there is no reason why leaders should not hold a commendation ceremony, recognizing the efforts and contributions of all employees in the company. And the end of the year is a great time to do that.

Year-end bonuses for employees when completing goals will create motivation to maintain work productivity. It is also the most effective "medicine" to help improve work morale, increase solidarity and attachment among employees during the holiday.

Promoting employee performance is always a priority for managers, especially during the year-end "deadline" season. Employees are interested in work and work hard, the new business will be more and more successful.