You might know about love languages when it comes to personal relationships. With business relationships, understanding love languages — or languages of appreciation — can go a long way toward building a more harmonious, enjoyable work environment. It can also help boost employee productivity, which can benefit your company’s bottom line. Companies with a highly engaged workforce are 21% more profitable than those with a less engaged workforce.

How can you tie in the idea of love languages with your team? Read on. In this issue of PromoPro Daily, we dive into a blog post from the Glassdoor blog that covers how to speak your employees’ love languages.


1. Ask for feedback and take action, when possible. Most companies (81%) say they always or sometimes take action on employee feedback. However, the Glassdoor post says that 35% of employees are less than satisfied with how their employers respond. Whenever you ask your staff members to weigh in with their ideas or concerns, make sure you truly listen and then do what you can to address their feedback and implement their ideas. This is an important way to speak employees’ love languages at work.

2. Commit to transparency. This is a key workplace love language. While in online dating, a profile photo is your first chance to impress, your company’s transparency is the equivalent when it comes to the workplace. The Glassdoor post says that 69% of employees say they want to work for a brand they are proud to support. Transparent communication, including how your company communicates with and presents itself to the public, is big driver of this pride.

3. Lead with empathy and understanding. Receiving gifts might be a traditional love language, the post says, but it takes more than perks to win employees over. Work on supporting your staff members — especially during stressful times. The Glassdoor post recommends thinking about it like performing acts of service. Look for ways to create safe spaces for employees and celebrate their valuable contributions.

4. Provide fair pay and improved benefits. The post says these aren’t really a love language, but more of a basic necessity and right. Make sure your team members know the benefits available to them and ensure you’re providing a competitive compensation package. According to Glassdoor research, 75% of employees want their employer to support employee wellness with great benefits, but only 65% are satisfied with their current offerings.

Think about how you can integrate the concept of love languages into how you lead your team. Whether you commit to listening better and truly following through or adjusting your benefits package to offer hybrid schedules or flexible work hours, there are many ways you can enhance your working relationships and show how much you genuinely value your team members.

Compiled by Audrey Sellers
Source: The Glassdoor team for the Glassdoor blog, which provides career advice and employer branding tips.