MOTIVATION SECRETS TO INSPIRE YOUR EMPLOYEES Keeping your employees motivated is challenging for any business owner or manager.
SYED ALAMDAR HUSSAIN Country Head - MB Enterprises
Instilling motivation isn't easy, but it's necessary if you want
1. INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION MATTERS.
your employees to grow and stay satisfied with their jobs. It's
While teamwork is an important element of company
the driving factor that leads people to work harder, meaning
success, and grouping your employees together has advan-
more productivity for your organization, and the most impor-
tages in building that "team" mentality, nothing beats individu-
tant contributing factor to overall satisfaction, which leads to
al attention when it comes to individual motivation.
higher employee retention.
2. ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES ARE ENTICING. Everyone is unique, with unique values and ideas, and if you
People tend to feel stifled when their job becomes repetitive
want to be successful in instilling company-wide motivation,
or stagnant. Going too long in the same position, with no
you have to find multiple strategies to reach each individual.
changes or hope for change, will eventually demotivate even
WHY MOTIVATION IS IMPORTANT
the most ambitious employees.
and using those results to motivate them, you can improve
3. ENVIRONMENTAL MOTIVATORS CAN MAKE OR BREAK YOU.
business performance. In addition to being more highly
How you shape your work environment has a major effect on
engaged, motivated employees handle uncertainty more
your team's mentality. There's no right or wrong way to go
easily; are better problem-solvers; have higher levels of
about this, since every company is going to have a different
innovation, creativity, and customer-centricity; are more
culture, but it is important to include both opportunities to "get
profitable; create higher levels of customer satisfaction; and
away" from the traditional work environment and pieces of
increase employee retention rates.
color or flair that make the office interesting.
HIGH LEVELS OF EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION ARE INTRINSICALLY LINKED TO HIGH LEVELS OF EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT.
4. SOCIALIZATION MAKES PEOPLE MORE COMMITTED.
By understanding the reasoning behind employees’ actions,
Trying to make everyone in the office best friends is a bad idea for a number of reasons, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't have meaningful conversations outside of a typical
Here are nine motivation secrets that can help you keep your
work environment. Being friendly with your work force builds
work force happy and driven to succeed.
bonds and a collective sense of teamwork, and makes work seem less machine-like and more like an organic team effort.
5. TRANSPARENCY IS THE KEY TO COMMUNICATION. Creating an environment of transparency, where you speak openly about your business to your employees and they feel comfortable coming to you with anything that's on their minds can do wonders for the collective motivation of your workplace. That's because transparency builds trust; when people understand that you aren't hiding anything, and that you'll listen to anybody, they're far more likely to respect you as an authority and appreciate you as a leader. It also opens inter-departmental channels, giving employees and supervisor’s greater clarity and more opportunities to openly communicate.
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MBE BUSINESS MAGAZINE APRIL / MAY 2020
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