| Motivating employees towards success is one | | | | key to achieving the mission and goals of the |
| essential ingredient in maintaining a vigorous, | | | | organization. Their involvement could be further |
| cost-effective, serviceable and productive organization. | | | | enhanced by asking their opinions on improving the |
| This is true whether your business is profit driven or a | | | | business's vision, mission, goals, strategies, etc. |
| non-profit organization. | | | | Get to know your employees better. Take note on |
| One of the top challenges that human resource | | | | what motivates them in both professional and personal |
| management faces is maintaining an effective method | | | | levels. This may be monetary, longer day offs, faster |
| of motivation over the long term. It involves a thorough | | | | promotions, incentives, etc. Express genuine concern |
| understanding of the core definition and concepts of | | | | and take time to listen to whatever troubles they have. |
| motivation and the skills to implement them. Motivation | | | | Be observant of the skills that they posses and assign |
| is a temporal and dynamic state of having the desire | | | | specific tasks to personnel who would definitely enjoy |
| and willingness to do something. It gives momentum | | | | the job; thus, making the work load seem lighter and |
| and draws employees towards the achievement of | | | | faster to accomplish. |
| organizational and personal goals. | | | | The management should have clear directions and |
| One way to motivate is through rewards and | | | | priorities. If the management is composed of more |
| incentives given with the intention of acknowledging | | | | than one person, they should discuss matters among |
| positive work behavior that contributes to the | | | | themselves first before disseminating information. |
| attainment of the organization's goal and often with the | | | | Having employees confused due to contradicting and |
| additional intent of encouraging it to happen again. This | | | | vague instructions could greatly damage the morale |
| practice should comprise both intrinsic and extrinsic | | | | and productiveness of the organization. This form of |
| motivation. | | | | mismanagement often leads to conflict, chaos, and |
| Intrinsic motivation is evident when people engage in an | | | | creates a threatening work environment. |
| activity for its own sake. This could be triggered by | | | | Nothing motivates employees more than seeing their |
| good office relationships and healthy working | | | | boss in action. Setting a good example is one potent |
| environment. While extrinsic motivation is actualized | | | | motivator that all managers should apply. Practice the |
| through tangible rewards such as payments, | | | | Golden Rule. Be punctual, friendly, witty, enthusiastic, |
| promotions; or intangible rewards such as praise or | | | | alert, hard-working... Be everything that you would want |
| public commendation. | | | | your subordinates to be. And never be ashamed to |
| It is human nature for people to want to be a part of | | | | admit that you are wrong when you are. Your people |
| something great. For employees to be more | | | | will be happy to know that you are, after all, still human |
| motivated, consistently remind them that they are the | | | | who has his/her own share of flaws and frailties. |