What is the
most important thing about motivating employees and what can you do to make it
better? There are many advantages to having motivated employees and how they
feel is a direct link to better performance and at the same time be smiling and
happy about their jobs during times of change. Knowing what employees want and
what makes them happy is one key to success and should be explored if you are
suffering from poor productivity or reduced morale.
There is no
doubt that today’s workplace is a volatile, turbulent and unpredictable
environment. Sometimes it borders on chaos and yet through it all, you are
expected to full fill your duties and complete the job so that the mission is
successful. Motivating people can improve performance and attitudes but what
has to accompany this method used to motivate you is something people have to
believe in to be true and sincere otherwise it may backfire and told to be just
another manipulated ploy to get you to work for less and do more with less.
First you
must be sure that the systems you have in place are in good working order. You may
have to see if you are fat (overstaffed) at the top and flat (understaffed) on
the bottom. Being flat at the bottom may create insecurity and low morale. If you
don’t give employees what they think they want then you will never see them
perform at their fullest ability unless you can motivate them into a higher state
of mind and expectation.
Motivated people
strive hard to achieve goals, remain positive in their perspective and create
the inner power to change things around them. They become better workers as
they build their self-esteem and confidence increasing their capabilities to do
the job and more. Finally they will begin to seek room for improvements and
work hard on managing and developing their own growth and career plans.
The other
end of the spectrum are the disadvantages of motivating staff as they may begin
to see barriers that existed all the time but hardly noticed. Although not a
real disadvantage by definition of the word it does bring awareness to other
dynamics in the workplace that may need to be addressed in order to accomplish
successful change.
There may be
a need to better train managers or supervisors, improve the workplace or
surroundings and update or upgrade the equipment used to get the work done and
give them better tools to work with as their attitudes change for the good of
all as well as everyone working there.
Overcoming barriers
when motivating others includes traditional comments such as “we don’t get paid
extra to work harder” and “we have always done it this way” and slowly the list
gets longer as “our bosses don’t have a clue what we do” and their favorite
complaint that “it doesn’t say that in my job description.” Such views will take persuasion, perseverance,
and the proof of experience to break down.
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