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MOTIVATION EMPLOYERS / MANAGERS & EMPLOYEES

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<ul><li>Success comes from </li></ul><ul><li> attracting, developing, and maintaining </li></ul><ul><li> an effective workforce. </li></ul><ul><li>Without motivating the workforce , </li></ul><ul><li>you can not hope to be successful. </li></ul>

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<ul><li>You can buy people’s time; </li></ul><ul><li>you can buy their physical presence at a given place; </li></ul><ul><li>you can even buy a measured number of their skilled muscular motions per hour. </li></ul><ul><li>But you cannot buy the devotion of their hearts, minds, or souls. </li></ul><ul><li>You must earn these. </li></ul><ul><li>MOTIVATION HELPS YOU. </li></ul>

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<ul><li>Fall in love with your job and keep the romance alive. </li></ul><ul><li>High job commitment is a gift you should give yourself. </li></ul><ul><li>GETTING MOTIVATED HELPS YOU. </li></ul><ul><li>ADOPTING ‘WORK IS WORSHIP’ ATTITUDE ~ </li></ul><ul><li>HELPS </li></ul><ul><li>YOU, </li></ul><ul><li>YOUR ORGANIZATION, </li></ul><ul><li>THE SOCIETY AND </li></ul><ul><li>THE HUMANITY AT LARGE. </li></ul>

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Motivation is the inner force that drives employee behavior

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

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

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<ul><li>An unmotivated person </li></ul><ul><li> can become motivated and vice versa. </li></ul><ul><li>On the other hand, a motivated person </li></ul><ul><li> can lose motivation. </li></ul><ul><li>This means that motivation of employees, </li></ul><ul><li>even the same employee, </li></ul><ul><li>is a never ending challenge for a supervisor. </li></ul>

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<ul><li>Motivation does not explain </li></ul><ul><li> all performance problems. </li></ul><ul><li>Lack of training can prevent </li></ul><ul><li> even a motivated employee </li></ul><ul><li> from performing well. </li></ul><ul><li>Lack of needed supplies, </li></ul><ul><li> equipment, and </li></ul><ul><li> sufficient time </li></ul><ul><li> can also cause performance problems. </li></ul>

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

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The employee’s contributions to the motivation partnership <ul><li>Be self-motivated. </li></ul><ul><li>Search for the “right” job and work environment. </li></ul><ul><li>Be willing to learn. </li></ul><ul><li>Commit to the organization’s vision, mission, core values and goals. </li></ul><ul><li>Communicate needs, concerns and ideas to the employer. </li></ul><ul><li>Listen to the employer’s point of view. </li></ul>

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<ul><li>Employee dissatisfiers: </li></ul><ul><li>poor working conditions, </li></ul><ul><li>unsafe equipment, </li></ul><ul><li>unfair pay, </li></ul><ul><li>disagreeable supervisors, </li></ul><ul><li>unchallenging work, </li></ul><ul><li>obnoxious co-workers and </li></ul><ul><li>conflict with co-workers. </li></ul>WHAT COULD BE THE DEMOTIVATING FACTORS ?

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Employer’s contributions <ul><li>Promote communication </li></ul><ul><li> to discover the dissatisfiers and </li></ul><ul><li> try their best to remove them; </li></ul><ul><li>Put motivators in place, </li></ul><ul><li>e.g., opportunity to achieve, recognition, satisfying work, responsibility and </li></ul><ul><li>personal growth through training and </li></ul><ul><li>new experiences. </li></ul><ul><li>Also, they must ascertain </li></ul><ul><li>the effectiveness of motivators. </li></ul>

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

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10 Tips for the bosses / supervisors to motivate <ul><li>Pay employees fairly and well, </li></ul><ul><li>then get them to forget about money. </li></ul><ul><li>2. Treat each and every employee with respect. </li></ul><ul><li> Show them that you care about them as persons, </li></ul><ul><li> not just as workers. </li></ul><ul><li>3. Praise accomplishments...and attempts: </li></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Both large and small </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Verbally and in writing </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>At least 4 times more than you &quot;criticize&quot; </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Promptly (as soon as observed) </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Publicly … and in private </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Sincerely </li></ul></ul></ul>

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<ul><li>4. Clearly communicate </li></ul><ul><li>goals, responsibilities and expectations. </li></ul><ul><li>NEVER criticize in public - redirect in private. </li></ul><ul><li>5. Recognize performance appropriately </li></ul><ul><li>and consistently: </li></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Reward outstanding performance </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li> (e.g., with promotions and opportunities) </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Do not tolerate sustained poor performance – </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>coach & train or remove! </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><li>6. Involve employees in plans and decisions, </li></ul><ul><li>especially those that affect them. </li></ul><ul><li>Solicit their ideas and opinions. </li></ul><ul><li>Encourage initiative. </li></ul>

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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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Tips for Motivating Subordinates <ul><li>Give more responsibility when appropriate </li></ul><ul><li>Let people work independently </li></ul><ul><li>Recognize achievements / contributions </li></ul><ul><li>Don’t make promises you can’t keep </li></ul><ul><li>Be a good role model </li></ul>

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MOTIVATION gives the impetus to behaviour by arousing, sustaining and directing it towards the successful attainment of G O A L S

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G O A L S <ul><li>Thus, </li></ul><ul><li>motivation: </li></ul><ul><ul><li>energises people to act </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>moves you from a resting state </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>to an active state </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>directs behaviour & organises it towards a particular goal-state </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>maintains behaviour </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>until the goal is achieved </li></ul></ul>