Employee Ideas – Ask for them, it’s extremely worthwhile!

At the start of July I asked colleagues to come up with ideas to improve the business – “This may be an idea about one of our products, an operational/procedural change or something completely off the wall! “

A number of ideas were submitted, all good & thought through.

The management team  shortlisted them down to the best three and last Friday I took the shortlisted to Nando’s so they could pitch them.  This was really good; everyone had an opinion on each other’s ideas and passionately pitched their own.

In brief, the ideas where:

1. More staff training , as people can’t get enough
2. An company incentive scheme (Night’s out seeming a popular suggestion)
3. A web portal for Customer Support, allowing customers a personal area

Initially I’d stated that we would implement the best suggestions, but I was so impressed with the quality of the ideas and the actual thought that went into them that we’ll implement all three.

So in conclusion I would urge every business owner and manager to try the same thing with their colleagues, it’s extremely worthwhile & brings teams together!