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How To Motivate Your Employees

This document provides 14 ways to motivate employees. Some of the key strategies include gamifying work and providing incentives for performance and goal achievement. It also emphasizes the importance of trusting employees, setting clear and achievable goals, giving employees a sense of purpose in their work, and ensuring transparency so no surprises. Regular recognition of employee achievements and maintaining a positive and supportive work culture are also highlighted as effective motivation techniques.

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How To Motivate Your Employees

This document provides 14 ways to motivate employees. Some of the key strategies include gamifying work and providing incentives for performance and goal achievement. It also emphasizes the importance of trusting employees, setting clear and achievable goals, giving employees a sense of purpose in their work, and ensuring transparency so no surprises. Regular recognition of employee achievements and maintaining a positive and supportive work culture are also highlighted as effective motivation techniques.

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How to motivate your

Employees

By
Omnia Tarek ElNahas

Under supervision of Prof.


Rasha El Akad
In any organization, there will be days where employees or even managers
are not feeling motivated, however these 12 easy steps will avoid fostering a
dispirited team.

If you want to know how to motivate your employees and get positive
employee engagement, you have to make them feel passionate to go to work
every day and wanting to spend time with you and their colleagues.

Motivating your employees does not have to be a challenge anymore. Here


are 14 fantastic ways you can use to motivate your employees:

1. Gamify and Incentivize

Although we haven't implemented it yet, we're developing a feedback


system that rewards employees for engaging with our wiki and for
learning how to use our application via our training videos. We further
reward performance based on meeting certain goals.

2. Let Them Know You Trust Them

If you let them know you trust and depend on them, they will fill those
shoes sooner than you think. A vote of confidence can go a long way.
Let them know you trust them to do the best job possible and they
will rarely disappoint you.

3. Set Smaller Weekly Goals

You want lofty ambitions, but set up smaller goals along the way to
keep people in it. Rather than make a billion this year, focus on
getting 100 new customers this week-something that will get you to
that billion. Then reward the team for achieving the goal with an
afternoon off, a party, etc. They will see that your goals are realistic
and everyone benefits from working hard
4. Give Your Employees Purpose

I am able to motivate my employees by giving them a purpose. When


you accomplish that, they understand the vision better and are able
to execute more strongly. In addition, by understanding their purpose
and the purpose of the business, an employee is better able to
understand how they fit into the big picture.

5. Radiate Positivity

I'm always pumping energy through the office. I'm really enthusiastic
and want my staff to feed off that positive energy. Because culture is
so important to me, I play music, have fun, joke around, and play
games. We work hard, but we play hard too. You have to be in the
moment and high-energy all the time!

6. Be Transparent

I am very open with employees about what's happening at the


highest level so there are no surprises and everyone has a chance to
ask questions and give feedback. I want employees to feel included
in big decisions and committed to the direction our company takes.
This has helped to sustain motivation and increased company loyalty
and pride.

7. Motivate Individuals Rather Than the Team

Aligned incentives are the only true way to ensure everyone on a


team is working toward a common goal. Framing the strategy in
multiple ways ensures each stakeholder has a clear, personal
understanding of how working together benefits himself and the
team. This technique allows you to motivate the team to accomplish
amazing things.
8. Learn What Makes Each Employee Tick

Ask what they do and don't like working on, share the big picture
company goals, and respond to their questions. Discern their goals
and then invest in their professional growth. During one-on-one
check-ins, listen to their ideas, because they're the best at what they
do. Respect their personal schedules and non-work time, and don't
ever pit their goals/timelines against each other

9. Acknowledge employees’ achievement

Everyone wants to be recognized for something they have done;


regardless if it was for a work or personal achievement. The
acknowledgement of a job well done coming from upper
management will mean more to an employee than you think. Always
remember to give credit when credit is due.

10. Prioritize Work-Life Balance

We have a few fun incentives, like an in-office "phone booth" style


machine that lets you grab dollar bills. It's a fun little motivator that
the sales team uses on a smaller scale. Otherwise, it's also important
to encourage employees to take vacation time. A culture that
prioritizes work-life balance, yields increased productivity and overall
happiness in the workplace.

11. Have an Open-Door Policy

It's amazing how a simple "please" and "thank you" fares with
employees. We simply speak to staff the way we would want to be
spoken to. We also have an open-door policy when it comes to
suggestions and ideas. When employees feel that their voice
matters, they in turn feel confident about their positions in the
company and that they have more at stake than just a paycheck.
12. Let Them Lead

Motivating employees is not just about giving them vacation time-it's


about showing them they make a difference and are valued. Every
time we have a meeting, whether large or small, we let a different
team member lead the conversation and the topics discussed. Not
only can they share their opinions and be heard this way, but they
are motivated to make their words and ideas happen afterwards.

13. Show Them the Bigger Picture

It's important that employees understand the bigger picture and can
see how what they are doing in the moment will eventually contribute
to an end goal. Give them tasks and projects to work on and make
sure they understand how this fits into the big picture. Talented
employees will go above and beyond what you expect of them.

14. Create Recognition Rituals

At Convene, every management and executive meeting starts off


with each department lead recognizing someone from their team who
has gone above and beyond for the company or a client. This
positive feedback loop motivates team members, and it holds
management accountable for staff recognition.

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