Let’s imagine that your best
employee has just resigned. How much will it cost – directly and indirectly –
to find, hire, train and get that replacement up to the productivity level of
your former employee?
The answer is: maybe years.
Scary, huh? Now…. ask yourself if you could be in jeopardy of losing good
employees merely because you aren’t motivating them.
There are so many ways to
successfully motivate employees and all of them require managers to focus on
the human beings with whom they work, and who desire to find their own success.
Consider these six motivational elements.
1. Professionalism: Be
professional in a good way.
This is the aggregation of proper business, ethical and interpersonal behavior, and it’s critical to successful employee motivation. Professionalism fosters pride and employee loyalty. Demonstrate your professionalism first and then help employees achieve and value their own professionalism. And don’t forget to recognize their progress.
This is the aggregation of proper business, ethical and interpersonal behavior, and it’s critical to successful employee motivation. Professionalism fosters pride and employee loyalty. Demonstrate your professionalism first and then help employees achieve and value their own professionalism. And don’t forget to recognize their progress.
2. Fun: Walk along with
team.
Fun is very motivational. Make sure your organization finds ways to have fun at work. The people I know who are the most successful and the happiest are those who take their work seriously, but they don’t take themselves very seriously.
Fun is very motivational. Make sure your organization finds ways to have fun at work. The people I know who are the most successful and the happiest are those who take their work seriously, but they don’t take themselves very seriously.
3. Communication: A big media to empower
your team.
There is nothing more fundamental to having loyal, productive and engaged employees than good communication. If you are having problems keeping good employees, the low-hanging fruit for you may be to just start talking with – not to – your people.
There is nothing more fundamental to having loyal, productive and engaged employees than good communication. If you are having problems keeping good employees, the low-hanging fruit for you may be to just start talking with – not to – your people.
4. Management style: Follow the
correct one.
Check yours. Are you a leader or a driver? Managers who are drivers disregard others, consume people as a means to their end, and are identified by high employee turnover. Leaders value their people and encourage them to be successful. They can be identified by the double-digit numbers representing how many years their employees have been with them, and the multiple black digits to the left of the decimal on their bottom line.
Check yours. Are you a leader or a driver? Managers who are drivers disregard others, consume people as a means to their end, and are identified by high employee turnover. Leaders value their people and encourage them to be successful. They can be identified by the double-digit numbers representing how many years their employees have been with them, and the multiple black digits to the left of the decimal on their bottom line.
5. Training: Build your team
Employee training pays operational and motivational dividends. It fosters knowledge, which fosters self-confidence, which fosters leadership, which fosters employee loyalty, which fosters customer loyalty, which fosters your bank account. How’s that for a training straight line to return-on-investment?
Employee training pays operational and motivational dividends. It fosters knowledge, which fosters self-confidence, which fosters leadership, which fosters employee loyalty, which fosters customer loyalty, which fosters your bank account. How’s that for a training straight line to return-on-investment?
6. Recognition
When talking about what your company has done, be sure to manage your pronouns properly. Whenever “I” can be replaced with “we,” do it. This tiny 2-letter pronoun is a powerful verbal high-five that resonates motivational energy throughout your organization.
When talking about what your company has done, be sure to manage your pronouns properly. Whenever “I” can be replaced with “we,” do it. This tiny 2-letter pronoun is a powerful verbal high-five that resonates motivational energy throughout your organization.
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