[Metro Journal] How To Motivate Your Employees And Keep Them Motivated?
For a business and a manager, one of the critical tasks is to keep the employees happy and motivated, to be able to make the most for your business. Motivating employees doesn’t necessarily have to be using money alone. And if you are a small-scale business or a start-up, you probably won’t always be able to dole out cash to keep employees motivated and stay on track. There are several effective ways to make sure your employees love to get up in the morning and come to work.
Here are a few methods that can be employed to gain the confidence and loyalty of your employees.
💡 Make them feel valued
Every employee wants to feel that he/she is contributing to the success of the firm they work for and that their contribution is valued and recognized. This is a great way to make the employees feel part of the firm, almost like partners, which gives a great sense of belongingness. When employees feel that their contribution is being recognized, it serves as a big motivator for them to keep doing the great work.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
🙌🏽 Align the management to be extra supportive
An important element in making sure employees feel comfortable in a work environment is to ensure there is an amicable and transparent relation between their immediate managers and superiors. Managers are capable of influencing the employees greatly, just by sharing some appreciative comments or just by letting them know how their skills help make good projects. This sense of comfort allows for better performance, innovative thinking, and loyalty to the company. The popular saying – Employees don’t quit companies, they quit because of bad managers, is something to learn from to keep employees loyal and dedicated to their work.
⚠️ Make teamwork ‘the’ important factor
Working individually many times results in working in silos. The danger of this is they can get cut off from the rest of the employees working on a given project and may end up working in opposite directions. Encouraging teamwork will open up areas such as brainstorming to ideate or resolve issues. This will also instil a sense of trust among the team members. All positive factors in making employees feel motivated.
💰 Invest in creating a great workplace
Working professionals spend most of their waking hours in their office. This means that this place has a lot of potential to influence their mood and as a result impact their concentration and performance. A fun environment will induce positive sentiments about the place making it fun to work as well.
🔛 Create open channels of communications
Having open lines of communication give out a message that the employees can easily have access to you to discuss any points of discussion or concern they may have. This will help them trust in the employer and the company.
Rewarding employees for outstanding work is a great way of motivating them to keep performing better. This can get employees in a self-motivated state where they would automatically strive to work harder each time they are appreciated for work done in the form
of rewards. For example, having monthly or quarterly reward programs can prove to be superb attention-grabbing opportunities leading to healthy competition among employees to win ‘that’ prestigious reward.
💁♀️ Nip any disappointment at its bud
Job satisfaction plays a vital role in the kind of experience an employee has with a company. Disappointments crop up when there is a lack of job satisfaction, this leads to further resentment about the job and the company. Hence, managers should be able to trace any such disappointment right at the beginning to curb any bitter feelings and to clarify any misunderstandings.
🙆♀️ Provide enough opportunities for growth
No matter what, every employee looks for tremendous growth opportunities in any company they work with. Growth adds an exciting and attractive value to the job. For instance, if your business is expanding then let the high-performers be part of the growth as well by way of offering higher roles or added responsibilities.
🕑 Flexible work hours
With changing age, it becomes imperative to change policies and rules of the company such as allowing flexibility to work at convenience. Most companies are turning towards flexible work hours that help employees beat the peak hour traffic and save time or schedule their work timings that help them balance work and personal life. Not just this, at times, flexibility to work from anywhere such as home, can make employees feel valued and trusted by their employer. Not only that, employees would feel good about the fact that their employer understands their personal commitments and helps them plan their workday accordingly.
🎈 Make work fun
Non-stop serious work can make anyone bored and lethargic, leading to lower productivity and creativity. Bringing teams together in an informal setting such as team dinners, team outings, game breaks, online games for the teams, etc. all can contribute to and be associated with positive emotions relating to a work environment and bring about a sense of togetherness.
