Top 10 Ways to Motivate Employees
List Compiled by: Milton McGowian, MBA, CDM, CFPP, FMP, MCP
1. Align an employee’s personal goals with a higher purpose through work.
2. Ensure that employees’ work needs & desires are realized.
3. Foster a relationship before task culture.
4. Show commitment to training and development for all employees.
5. Adopt direction-giving, which is a form of speech that brings transparency to work by articulating all the crucial information that is necessary to perform one’s job.
6. Show team members the bigger picture by communication to the employee that his/her skill sets are distinctly appreciated and helps guide the employee’s talents toward organizational contribution.
7. Convey support & compassion for an employee to relay genuine care for an employee’s well-being.
8. Encourage team members to control their own destiny.
9. Inspire employees to be creative at work and to think outside the box to generate innovative ideas.
10. Exhibit intrinsic motivation qualities, which shows that the leader possesses interest and enjoyment in the task of helping and supporting team members.
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