5 Easy Ways to Motivate and Demotivate

Does it surprise you that a national study found that less than 25% of non-management employees are fully engaged? This article discusses 5 easy ways to motivate and demotivate employees. Given word count limitation, I will only discuss the motivation aspects.

Source:Forbes.com (Links to an external site.)

Theory into Practice

Motivation

The 5 ways to motivate employees highlight key aspects of how a manager's behavior has a direct impact on his/her employees' level of engagement. One of the three work-related attitudes that have a direct impact on employee productivity

Here are the 5 ways to motivate employee as outlined in the article.

1. Align individual economic interests with company performance - this need to be offered to all employees at every level

2. Take a genuine interest in the future path of an employee's career

3. Take a genuine interest in their work-life balance

4. Listen (thoughtfully) to employee's ideas for job improvement or their problems

5. Do unto others as you would have done unto you

Key Takeaway

This article ties together several overlapping themes we have previously discussed. At the company level, the firm must provide clear indications of future career opportunities as well as the development opportunities as discussed in Chapter 9. As a manager, the importance of emotional intelligence is highlighted in 4 of the 5 directives. It is also interesting to note the how the points made in this article reflect the 3 components of attitude, cognitive, affective, and behavioral and links to drivers of employee engagement.