It’s easy to neglect your staff when you are a manager. You don’t do it by choice. It’s easy to get busy and assume that your employees are happy, enjoying their jobs, and doing their best work. In many cases, though, there are all sorts of things you could be doing to improve the communication and leadership of your staff. The better your staff perform and the happier they are, there will be a greater level of productivity and improved performance for your company.

1. Great leaders match employees to their vision.

The first thing that should be considered is whether you’ve got the staff to unleash your vision and your company’s potential. While you might have hired a select few employees in the early days to get the job done, now you should focus on future growth. Are your current employees in a position to grow with the company, or will they struggle to do so? At this point, it may be time to have some important talks with each of your staff members.

It may also be time to let that anyone on your team go that you have been putting up with. If it’s not working, they are only going to bring you down further.  Now is the time.

2. Great leaders focus on training their staff.

If you’re at a point where your staff isn’t performing as well as you wanted them to, it’s could very well be because you aren’t training them well enough. Training should always be implemented within your current business environment, as it helps everyone to improve in their roles. It’s also important for crucial matters such as health and safety and proper IT usage.

If you’re concerned that your employees are struggling in some areas, start developing a training program or spending a certain time each week specifically on training. You can host in-house if you want to, or you could even outsource the responsibility to another company. Be careful not to clamp down too hard on your employees because of their performance. If they aren’t working hard enough, that’s one thing, but most of them may not possess the right knowledge. You can turn this annoyance into a positive relationship by enrolling them in a training course that they want to attend. That’s the most important part. Make sure it’s not forced. You want to make sure that your training is something that they are excited to learn about as well.

3. Great leaders hire the right people.

In addition, great leaders don’t wait until it is urgent to hire a staff member. You have to hire before you are ready and when it’s not urgent. If you need to hire someone urgently, most likely you won’t be able to spend the right amount of time to ensure you have the right new employee on your team.

The other alternative is to hire new staff that can fill the roles you need them to. No amount of training is going to help in some circumstances, where experience and qualifications reign supreme. Make sure you have identified whether hiring is a necessity and be aware of whether you can afford to do it.

You obviously need to think about the quality of people you’re hiring, too. If you’re hiring for positions that require a certain amount of expertise, you’ve got to hire the right people. It can be beneficial in this case to seek the help of staffing agencies to narrow down the right candidate. In fact, the more options you undertake in terms of recruitment; the better chance you’ve got of finding the best employees.

Budget management is very important when it comes to hiring employees. They are costly, and you don’t want to be in a position where you have to get rid of them soon after hiring. Think about the long-term effects on the company and whether it’s beneficial to hire right now.

Improving your staff is important, whether you seek to train them or hire new people with new skills. Don’t forget that you must treat them in the proper fashion, too, or they might become disillusioned. Always be the best boss you can and they will respond by producing their best work.