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Employee Motivation is Important!

by Cheryl Dougan    

The secret to working in a motivated workplace is to be conscious of what motivates each of us, what energizes each of us, what makes each of us feel more optimistic, and what type of rewards encourage us. By rewards I do not necessarily mean monetary rewards. Simply sharing appreciation for a task well done can go a long way.

So how can we help employee motivation?

Schedule a get together with the overall purpose to fully appreciate each person’s uniqueness and to celebrate accomplishments. I like to set the tone and initiate the discussion by talking about what has gone well and celebrating recent successes. Then I like to encourage a round table discussion of possible improvements we can make, together.

For a different perspective, we can consider exchanging roles for a day. We do this when we cover for each other during vacation, illness, etc. Rather than simply filling in, try exchanging jobs for a day with the conscious objective to see the workplace from someone else’s shoes.

Another idea is to simply trade some tasks for a temporary period. Have each person write down several tasks they enjoy doing and then write down a few tasks they do not enjoy doing. Now talk about each of them for a moment. By sharing these lists with one another, there may even be an opportunity to trade them!

There are always those tasks that everyone dislikes but get them out on the table and divide them up! Consider rotating these tasks monthly so that no one person is stuck doing the "undesirable jobs" for life! Any of us can tolerate a temporary chore. We can even laugh about being the paper boy or the coffee girl for a month!

Try these ideas in your workplace. Everyone will have a better idea of each other’s roles and perspectives. It might even be fun to try something different!


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