Sunday, February 20, 2011

Creating Motivators

I have worked at a bar for about three years now. Some nights you make a lot of money and other nights you don't make any. Your pay is mostly made through tips so sometimes when it is not busy it can be easy to slack off. Money is the main motivator in this job so when your not making any it can be hard to work hard. Then there is the nights where you just do not feel like working and you lose interest.

The managers at the bar began to notice that the employees were often not motivated at work and had to do something about it. Instead of punishing the employees they came up with some interesting, and effective ways of getting us to stay motivated. We began to have little competitions at work that both benefitted the bar and the employees. For example we had a contest to see which employee could sell the most of a specific product over a month long period. The winner got a gift card for Best Buy. The managers set up a competition this past year where whom they said was the most consistent employee got to go to Las Vegas for the Bar and Nightclub Convention in March. Little things like this definitely got us more focused and motivated to perform good at work.

Sometimes motivating employees with money is not always possible so managers need to think of other ways to get their employees to stay motivated. Employees will respond to other motivators other than money as long as they get some value. I think creating a competition among workers can lead to great motivation because competition gets people to perform better. So as you can see there are many ways to motivate employees and keep them motivated.

Posted By: Jacob Cyscon

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