Have you ever asked your employees for help? Maybe someone in your office excels at working with Excel, or someone else has the ability to make your boring Power Point slides stand out at the next board meeting.

Asking an employee four simple words, “Can you help me?”, can help to build that employee’s morale.

It also shows that you as an employer not only want to create an environment based around teamwork, but that you respect that employee’s skills and have noticed what they are good at or enjoy doing.

Not only do you enhance engagement in the workplace when you ask for help, you actually get the help you need.

In the article below published by Inc., Jeff Haden explains how asking for help not only allows employees to feel more connected and engaged in the task, but also provides employers with the opportunity to reach out to others and make employees feel valued.

Read the article below and start brainstorming who you could ask for help on upcoming projects and tasks. Asking for help is easy and the reward is instantaneous for both employer and employee.

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