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Motivate Employees Without Using Money!
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Unlimited Employee Motivation 70% of your employees are less motivated today than they used to be. 80% of your employees could perform significantly better if they wanted to. 50% of your employees only put enough effort into their work to keep their job.(1) Is this the way you want it to be at your company? Did you know that all your employees are capable of an unlimited supply of motivation? Think of one or two people in your organization that appear to have more energy, higher output, and more enthusiasm for their work than all your other employees combined. Perhaps it is you! Have you ever wondered why everyone else does not feel as motivated as you do? After all, you are not asking them to come in 2 hours early or stay 2 hours late, all you want is for them to give that little extra customer service, smile instead of frown, and not complain so much. How do you get your employees to give that little extra that goes so far in making your customers satisfied? Does your company offer a great health plan, a 401k retirement plan, and four weeks of vacation each year and you are still obtaining less than stellar performance from your employees? Well, you have just discovered that a great benefits package, vacation, and even a salary increase are not human motivators. Benefits, vacation, and salary are employee retainers and do not provide employee motivation. A company offers these benefits in order to attract and retain talented workers. Take a look at any company and you will find that the more valuable the employee is to the company, the more valuable their benefits packages will become. |
Got Self-Motivation? 
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Okay, you have convinced me! I will not try
to motivate employees by giving them extra vacation or benefits. My company
does offer employees free use of the company car on weekends, a bimonthly
drawing for a designated parking spot, and even a free pizza every Friday
afternoon. Will these activities provide the company with highly motivated
employees? Unfortunately no, the above activities are called employee
morale boosters. They are designed to raise
the morale of employees so that they feel good about the company they work
for. Morale boosters do not increase motivation because they are not directly
tied to an increase in performance. An employee with good morale is not necessary
a motivated employee. For example, an employee that comes to work and spends
one or two hours each day socializing may have great morale, but will also
have the worst production levels of any employee in the department. If a great benefit package will not motivate an employee, and a designated parking spot with their name stencilled in gold will not motivate an employee, what will? Okay, let me provide you with some good news, but before I do so, answer this question. In order to motivate your employees do you change the employee or the organization in which the employee works? Change the Employee or Change the Organization (1) Statistics are from the book Super Motivation by Dean Spitzer, 1995. |
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