Different things motivate different employees. Employees want to use their skills and do intrinsically valuable work. The document provides tips for motivating employees such as flexibility, positive feedback, expert input, sharing profits, and team building. It emphasizes the importance of communication, recognition, and rewards for motivating employees. A lack of recognition was cited as a top reason good employees leave their jobs.

1. Employee Motivation
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2. What motivates employees?
Different things motivate different people
People want to use their talents, skills and
knowledge
People want to do something rewarding
and
intrinsically( relating to the essential nature
of a thing )valuable

3. Finding Personal Motivation
 Take pride in your work
 Practice good time-management skills
 Pat yourself on the back
 Indulge your passion, whether at work or after
hours
 Take classes to indulge your creative side
 Make time for friends
 Do something totally different from your work
 Relax over the weekends
 Take a vacation
 Change your routine, get a different perspective
 Pay attention to your health

4. Actions speak louder than
Words
 Come back on time from lunch
 Honor deadlines and commitments
 If something comes up and you can’t attend a
meeting, arrange for someone else to take your
place
 Make sure that you show up for work each day
 Offer to assist when you can
 Show you really care by remembering birthdays,
taking employees out to lunch on occasion, and
regularly thanking them for a job well done

5. Finding Ways to Motivate
With minimal sales growth, the company
must consider other methods to motivate
employees.

6. Topics
 Flexibility
 Positive feedback
 Expert input
 Sharing the wealth
 Creating a team
abundance of valuable resources or valuable
material possessions(wealth)

7. Flexibility
Stock options
Flexible start times
Flexible work weeks
Family leave
a benefit in the form of an option given by a company to an
employee to buy stock in the company at a discount or at a
stated fixed price( Stock options)

8. Positive Feedback
Talk with employees one-on-one weekly
Acknowledge jobs well done publicly
in person
in monthly staff meeting
in company newsletter

9. Expert Input
Solicit input from
employees who
understand company
procedures.
 Ask for ways to
improve processes
 Reward ideas that
result in savings

10. Share the wealth
Incentives to perform better
Guaranteed bonuses when profits rise

11. Be part of the team
Promote from within
Provide skills training
Collaborating=Success=TeamWork

12. Things That Don’t Motivate
Personal Attacks
Embarrassing
Governing by Fear
Shouldering All Responsibility
Overworking Employees

13. Recognition and Rewards
Public Recognition
Money
Company Awards Programs

14. Communication
It’s not just about what YOU have
to say.
Employees have opinions too!

15. Your Motivation Toolbox
Balance
Benefits
Communication
Compensation
Corporate culture
Recognition and rewards
Responsibility
Teamwork
Training and promotions

16. Conclusion
In a poll by Robert Half International,
25% of HR executives said that a lack of
recognition is the most likely reason a good
employee would leave a job.