Motivation Tips for Tough Times with company cutbacks, tayoffs, and economic uncertainty weighing heavily on everybody, it is no wonder some employees are dragging their feet into work. But according to Steven Stein Toronto-based psychologist and entrepreneut, there are ways to standartin motivation, even in tough times Make Your Workplace Great The keys to an Emotional intelligent Organization, he offers these valuable tips for motivating employees what motivates your workers. You may be surprised to discover how those in job design or reporting systeme can motivas certain people, only way to discover what your employees want, and how they react to change, is to ask them offer ongoing feedback. No time is better than now to open up lines of communication with your amelovees,f you have not already. Whether you offer toedback formally er informally, it is important to let your staff know how they are doing where they are performing well and where there is room for improvement regularly emphasize personal accountability, Sell-management can be highly motivating, and if you are short-staffed, it can make a lot of sense, 100 Most people will work och harder for their own sense et accomplishment than they will because they were told to do something involve everyone in decision making moving is in certain company decisions. especially those that involve them directly, you are much moreely to at support for your nitiatives. And you may even get some creative input long the way your front-line staff might have knowledge about the impact of certain decisions that you may not be ware of se tiexible Time is an important commodity for people today, especially more work than usually giving your employees the sporturity to uggle their time around critical personal or family events and responsibilities, you will increase their motivation celebrate employee and company success. It is important to stop and FOCO SUCCESS whether individust team, or organizational Lot everybody see that hard work is recognized and worth carrying out Source: "Great ideas: Motivation Tips for Tough Times" PRORT, 4 June 2009 www.canadian business.comlentrepreneurshuman_Jesources aides content=20090603_115416,7830 Page 349 What other suggestions might you add to this is 22. If you are employed now or have been in the past, how has your supervisor motivated you? you have never been employed before, how can a superior motivate you 23. Apply each one of these tips to work wit you mplement these suggestions so that group members, including yourself, we motivated to do well assigned work? Motivation Tips for Tough Times with company cutbacks, tayoffs, and economic uncertainty weighing heavily on everybody, it is no wonder some employees are dragging their feet into work. But according to Steven Stein Toronto-based psychologist and entrepreneut, there are ways to standartin motivation, even in tough times Make Your Workplace Great The keys to an Emotional intelligent Organization, he offers these valuable tips for motivating employees what motivates your workers. You may be surprised to discover how those in job design or reporting systeme can motivas certain people, only way to discover what your employees want, and how they react to change, is to ask them offer ongoing feedback. No time is better than now to open up lines of communication with your amelovees,f you have not already. Whether you offer toedback formally er informally, it is important to let your staff know how they are doing where they are performing well and where there is room for improvement regularly emphasize personal accountability, Sell-management can be highly motivating, and if you are short-staffed, it can make a lot of sense, 100 Most people will work och harder for their own sense et accomplishment than they will because they were told to do something involve everyone in decision making moving is in certain company decisions. especially those that involve them directly, you are much moreely to at support for your nitiatives. And you may even get some creative input long the way your front-line staff might have knowledge about the impact of certain decisions that you may not be ware of se tiexible Time is an important commodity for people today, especially more work than usually giving your employees the sporturity to uggle their time around critical personal or family events and responsibilities, you will increase their motivation celebrate employee and company success. It is important to stop and FOCO SUCCESS whether individust team, or organizational Lot everybody see that hard work is recognized and worth carrying out Source: "Great ideas: Motivation Tips for Tough Times" PRORT, 4 June 2009 www.canadian business.comlentrepreneurshuman_Jesources aides content=20090603_115416,7830 Page 349 What other suggestions might you add to this is 22. If you are employed now or have been in the past, how has your supervisor motivated you? you have never been employed before, how can a superior motivate you 23. Apply each one of these tips to work wit you mplement these suggestions so that group members, including yourself, we motivated to do well assigned work