Monday, February 21, 2011

The Secret to Getting Employees to Worker Harder

Motivation Secret

Numerous articles are out there that discuss ways employees can be motivated and ways to keep their work moral up. Although, I cam across this article that talked about the best way to motivate employees. That way is to simply NOT motivate your employees. John Roulet explains it best by saying, "When work environments consistently fail to provide the direction, resources and respect employees require, their innate desire to achieve is suppressed or redirected. They experience frustration and a kind of learned helplessness. They become motivated to retain their jobs rather than to perform them in a way that delivers optimal value to the organization"
I believe this to be true because a lot of times it isn't the work that is the problem it is the work environment.

I had a job recently where I enjoyed the work, but the overall environment was demotivating. It was a dark building very dull and not really a place where you feel great to be there. I was basically working to keep my job because I felt very demotivated and felt that it affected my performance. Roulet also goes on to say a big motivation tool is salary. We already the motivation we need by getting paid to work. If that isn't motivation for someone then Roulet explains that it may be time to take that person off the payroll.

What do you think is money the only motivation for people? Or are there other factors as well?

-Brian Cullum team 7

1 comment:

  1. I think that money is a big motivating factor for people but it differs for each person. Some people just want to be paid whatever they can get in order to support their family and just survive. Other people are greedy and just want to be paid the highest salary no matter what it takes to get there. However I also think that other factors can be involved as well. I think that it can be motivating for employees to enjoy their jobs and enjoy going to work everyday. If you like what you are doing or who you are working with that day or everyday it can be enjoyable to go to work and be around people that make you feel better about what you are doing.

    - Posted By: Amy Beagles ~ Team 6

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