Do you work in a motivating workplace? One that keeps you wanting to do your best all the time? I hope so. But many employees work in organizations where demotivating factors are present. See if any of these issues are present in your organization and if you can do anything to eliminate them
1. Employees are provided with little or no feedback. If employees aren't told how they are doing on a regular basis, they will quickly lose their motivation. (This is especially true for the Generation Xers in your workplace.) Make sure all managers and team members are trained in the art of giving feedback - both positive and negative.
2. Unnecessary Rules. When you have all kinds of rules and regulations that act as barriers to doing a good job, they will demotivate employees. Lots of red tape with an enormous amount of time-wasting paperwork will soon affect everyone's morale.
3. Under communicate. Go ahead. Keep everyone in the dark as to company strategic directions and plans for the future. After all, everyone should do their work and not worry about how they will contribute and fit in. Wrong! Keeping people constantly informed of everything that is going on in the organization is a great motivator. And make sure they know how their work fits into the big picture.
4. Ensure there is no correlation between the way they perform and their pay. When employees see the "slackers" get the same compensation as those who work at the highest level of productivity, they will quickly become demotivated. Some kind of pay for performance plan will help you retain your achievers and get rid of the employees who aren't pulling their share of the load.
5. Unproductive meetings. When employees have to waste time in meetings they perceive to be unnecessary, it will quickly demoralize them. Follow the rules of managing meetings: have a timed agenda that you distribute in advance, start and end on time, and question the need for every meeting.
6. Lack of understanding or support for achieving a family/life balance. Younger workers especially want more in their life than work. They have seen their parents wadded-up and thrown away like used Kleenex no matter how loyal they were to the company. They are not going to make the same mistake. Flexible work schedules will help you retain your people.
How does your organization stack up? If it has many of these demotivators, see what you can do to eliminate them. If you do not have the power to change any of the above, leave this article somewhere for upper management to see it!
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