20080418 05 Motivation Employers & Employees Apgenco Vijayawada 17s

MOTIVATION EMPLOYERS / MANAGERS & EMPLOYEES

Success comes from

attracting, developing, and maintaining

an effective workforce.

Without motivating the workforce ,

you can not hope to be successful.

You can buy people’s time;

you can buy their physical presence at a given place;

you can even buy a measured number of their skilled muscular motions per hour.

But you cannot buy the devotion of their hearts, minds, or souls.

You must earn these.

MOTIVATION HELPS YOU.

Fall in love with your job and keep the romance alive.

High job commitment is a gift you should give yourself.

GETTING MOTIVATED HELPS YOU.

ADOPTING ‘WORK IS WORSHIP’ ATTITUDE ~

HELPS

YOU,

YOUR ORGANIZATION,

THE SOCIETY AND

THE HUMANITY AT LARGE.

Motivation is the inner force that drives employee behavior

Most employees prefer to be motivated. Why would an employee choose the frustration of not being motivated?

What one person finds motivating another may find boring, frustrating and debilitating.

An unmotivated person

can become motivated and vice versa.

On the other hand, a motivated person

can lose motivation.

This means that motivation of employees,

even the same employee,

is a never ending challenge for a supervisor.

Motivation does not explain

all performance problems.

Lack of training can prevent

even a motivated employee

from performing well.

Lack of needed supplies,

equipment, and

sufficient time

can also cause performance problems.

Employee motivation works best as a partnership between employer and employee.

The employee’s contributions to the motivation partnership

Be self-motivated.

Search for the “right” job and work environment.

Be willing to learn.

Commit to the organization’s vision, mission, core values and goals.

Communicate needs, concerns and ideas to the employer.

Listen to the employer’s point of view.

Employee dissatisfiers:

poor working conditions,

unsafe equipment,

unfair pay,

disagreeable supervisors,

unchallenging work,

obnoxious co-workers and

conflict with co-workers.

WHAT COULD BE THE DEMOTIVATING FACTORS ?

Employer’s contributions

Promote communication

to discover the dissatisfiers and

try their best to remove them;

Put motivators in place,

e.g., opportunity to achieve, recognition, satisfying work, responsibility and

personal growth through training and

new experiences.

Also, they must ascertain

the effectiveness of motivators.

“ How am I doing?” “ How can I do better?” Most employees want an answer to these questions.

10 Tips for the bosses / supervisors to motivate

Pay employees fairly and well,

then get them to forget about money.

2. Treat each and every employee with respect.

Show them that you care about them as persons,

not just as workers.

3. Praise accomplishments...and attempts:

Both large and small

Verbally and in writing

At least 4 times more than you "criticize"

Promptly (as soon as observed)

Publicly … and in private

Sincerely

4. Clearly communicate

goals, responsibilities and expectations.

NEVER criticize in public - redirect in private.

5. Recognize performance appropriately

and consistently:

Reward outstanding performance

(e.g., with promotions and opportunities)

Do not tolerate sustained poor performance –

coach & train or remove!

6. Involve employees in plans and decisions,

especially those that affect them.

Solicit their ideas and opinions.

Encourage initiative.

7. Create opportunities for employees to learn & grow. Link the goals of the organization with the goals of each individual in it. 8. Actively listen to employees concerns – both work-related and personal. 9. Share information - promptly, openly and clearly. Tell the truth … with compassion. 10. Celebrate successes and milestones reached – organizational and personal. Create an organizational culture that is open, trusting and fun.

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