| Picture this: You're the owner of a seat manufacturing | | | | this if you were able to voice your ideas for new |
| company that produces seating for wheelchairs, | | | | seats to your boss and to the whole company in |
| auditoriums, and cars. You have approximately 100 | | | | weekly meetings? Would you get up to do this if you |
| employees, 90 percent of which are upholsters, | | | | were given pay incentives or other types of rewards |
| sewers, gluers, and material cutters. The other 10 | | | | for the number or quality grade of seats you got done |
| percent are office staff. Basically, you have a diverse | | | | in a month? |
| group of employees, each with different jobs, | | | | If you answered yes to even one of these questions, |
| concerns, and needs. The big question is: How do you | | | | then you would be considered a motivated employee. |
| motivate all of these people? | | | | At least one of these things would have challenged |
| Treat your employees well and your company will | | | | you and would have given you reason to come in to |
| succeed: | | | | work. |
| If you are a smart business owner, you will realize that | | | | Think about some key points that enhance employee |
| employee motivation at the workplace is essential to a | | | | motivation: |
| company's success. If your employees don't respect | | | | -Every employee wants to feel appreciated in some |
| their bosses, their jobs, and their company, then your | | | | way. |
| business will not thrive. | | | | -Every employee wants to be given some sort of |
| Your employees must WANT to work at your | | | | proof that what he or she did bettered the world, the |
| company. They must have pride in their jobs, as well | | | | community, or just the company in some sort of way. |
| as the product that they are making. This about it this | | | | -Every employee wants to feel that his or her opinion |
| way: If your employees truly believe in what they are | | | | is at least heard - whether or not it is actually used. |
| doing, they are most likely going to output a high-quality | | | | Having the opportunity to voice an opinion and bring |
| product in as quickly a manner as possible. In the end, | | | | new ideas to the table is a positive thing for both an |
| your customers will benefit from this. Your company | | | | employee and a company. |
| will benefit from this. And your employees will the | | | | -Every employee wants to be rewarded for a job well |
| benefit from this. Success is truly a chain reaction that | | | | done. It is understandable that large raises and |
| begins and ends with employee motivation. | | | | elaborate prizes cannot always be available. But |
| Put yourself in the shoes of your employees: | | | | sometimes a simple acknowledgement from an owner |
| So how do you get your diverse mix of employees | | | | or a boss can mean a great deal. |
| motivated? Why would anyone want to wake up at 7 | | | | As a business owner, or as a boss, understand that |
| AM five days a week to sew material to make seats | | | | one wants to work hard only to end up feeling |
| for wheelchairs? | | | | unappreciated in the end. In a corporate world where |
| Would you get up to do this if, hanging above your | | | | money and power appear to mean success, it is key |
| department, you saw photos of the disabled people | | | | to remember that without good employee motivation |
| using the seats you stitched? Would you get up to do | | | | at the basic level nothing else would be possible. |