While you want to be sensitive to the emotions of employees, that doesn't mean you should ignore poor performance. When an employee does not perform up to standards or if he or she has made a mistake, meet with the employee in private to discuss the issue. Include your employees as team members. Ask for their suggestions and respect their ideas, even if you do not always agree with them. When you use a good employee idea, remember to give the employee credit.
Rewarding performance encourages other employees to speak up with their ideas.
This practice also helps all employees feel more valued for the ideas, as well as the labor that they contribute. Listen to your employees. It seems a small issue, but these are the kinds of topics that arise within companies and can bring about employee dissent. More than 12,000 volunteer, business counselors donate their time and expertise to assist entrepreneurs.