Motivate Your Employees- Be a Smart Employer

Leaders prosper when they reinforce relationships with their people by spending more one-on-one time with them to hear their suggestions, ideas, problems and issues as well as talking about performance issues and their work.

Discover what motivates them:

Do you know what gets your team members out of bed in the morning? What they're passionate about -- their goals, aspirations, and interests? In other words, do you?really know?your team members??Great leaders show an interest in their people's jobs and career aspirations in order to motivate them the right way. Once that's been established, they look into the future to create learning and development opportunities for their people. They find out what motivates their best people by getting to know what desires will drive each team member. This is about emotional engagement.

Know their passion

It's a simple question, but you'd be surprised how often it is?not?asked:?What do you need right now to do?your job better??You may be surprised, or even shocked at the answer; it could be that they need access to more information to make the right decisions, bettter equipment or even another work space. Acting on what you find out will be a huge motivational booster.?

Praise them

"I don't like to be recognized," said no human being, ever. Managers have to get into the habit of praising and complimenting their people for their good qualities and work. Use recognition and praise as a powerful motivator to get their commitment. Employees who receive it on a regular basis increase their individual productivity, receive higher loyalty and satisfaction scores from customers, and are more likely to stay with their organization.