Motivate With Competition
In a book titled “How to Win Friends and Influence People”, by Dale Carnegie, there is a story regarding a grain processing plant which was not meeting company goals. I don’t have the book in front of me, so I am only telling this story from memory. Please don’t be upset if it’s [...]
Don’t Do This
If there’s one thing I don’t like, it’s when managers try to motivate their employees with the promise of a promotion. I think many of you will agree, manager or not, that not everyone you supervise is going to become the next manager or VP of whatever.
It’s true that many of the people I managed [...]
Secret Employee Motivation Strategy Cont.
I once had a person on my team who continually fell below company goals. When this happens there are three issues to address….
Motivation Theory – Motivate With Awards
Obviously, someone figured out along the way that giving rewards to someone for behaving in a particular way will in fact enforce that behavior. However, if there is always some kind of material award offered for good behavior what happens when you take the rewards away?
Although giving awards away for good behavior can enforce [...]
Secret Employee Motivation Strategy
Here’s a secret that not many people know about motivating people to act the way you want them too. It seems simple enough, and yet managers and team leaders tend not to realize how obvious it is.
The secret to motivating staff and other employees may surprise you and when I tell you the secret you [...]
