50 + 1 tips of how to motivate and engage employees. The number, the frequency and the manner that a manager uses the following tips, the better the results regarding the increase of the degree of motivation and engagement of the employees of a company.
- Set Challenging but Realistic Goals.
- Recognize Good Work.
- Trust your Employees.
- Track Employee Productivity.
- Keep Lines of Internal Communication Open.
- Provide Employees with the Resources that they need.
- Schedule Team-Building Activities.
- Be Clear with Expectations.
- Give Regular Emplyoee Feedback.
- Identify Employes' Stengths and Weakness.
- Invest in Career Development.
- Be Flexible.
- Promote witthin.
- Encourage Creativity and Innovation.
- Reduce Distraction.
- Recognize Employee Accomplishments.
- Involve Employees in the Goals of the Company.
- Encourage Autonomy when it is required.
- Promote Teamwork and Collaboration.
- Inspire your Employees.
- Encourage Leadership.
- Set a Good Example.
- Ask for Input.
- Be Consistent.
- Show you Care.
- Break out Comfort Zones.
- Offer Training.
- Criticize Contructively.
- Offer a Helping Hand.
- Provide Rewards.
- Give them a Break.
- Say "No" Tactfully.
- Help them Achieve a Work / Life Balance.
- Create a Great Place Where People Want to Work.
- Be stringy with Meetings.
- Get out of the Office.
- Recognize the Signs of low Morale.
- Be Strict But Fair.
- Learn from those on the way out.
- Have Faith on your Employees.
- Let People be Themselves.
- Magnify and Multiply People's Strenghts.
- Make them Company's "Internal Shareholders".
- Have Rules People Can Believe in.
- Put the "Why" behind what every emploeyy is doing.
- Have Leadership, show Empathy to every Employee.
- Give the employees the Opportunity to Teach.
- Let every employee to know they are Important.
- Give the employees a Sense of Purpose.
- Understand What Drives every Employee.
- Avoid Micromanagement.
