How To Motivate Employees: Getting People To Work With A Spring In Their Step Without Increasing Pay
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Inspiring and motivating employees to be at their best can be made simple! Get beyond the old carrot and stick method of motivating employees if you want a team filled with people who are self-motivated, feeling good about what they are doing and providing excellent results.
No matter your leadership level you can use these ideas to create a buzz in your team that others will notice.
You will discover:
* The two elements that get people out of bed and how they impact on your team performance
* The six satisfaction factors that must be in place in any workplace in order for people to feel switched on
* How to work with your team members to create a plan so they can be (and more importantly are inspired to be) at their best
* An Action List that steps you through what you can do to motivate and inspire others
* Ways to reward people so that it doesn't cause poorer performance
* The top 10 watch-outs when it comes to rewards programs
* What to do if the work you have on offer is inherently boring
* How to get your people using their strengths and talents on a regular basis
* Identifying the warning signs that you have a toxic workplace and/or people are under stress
* The foundations to put in place to create flow and enable people to achieve peak performance in the workplace
There are a number of activities and exercises contained within How To Motivate Employees and links to several quizzes and self-assessments which you can use to help create an action plan for inspiring your team member to want to give of their best.
Shelley Holmes
Shelley Holmes founded The Centre for Breakthrough Leadership, to support organizations to apply the elements that activate high performance: personal growth of Leaders, unleashing people’s capability, healing conflicted relationships and coaching people to be self-responsible for their outcomes. What results is leadership that brings out the best in people and a sense of it being more than just a job! Her ability to serve her clients and help people perform at their best, whether in terms of personal or organizational development comes from the great diversity of projects, organizations, and situations she has dealt with in the past 20 odd years. She has had real-world experience as a Leader in several high-performance organizations and so has the ability to provide both practical and proven tips and strategies. She has worked with clients around the globe – from all manner of industries and occupations - and supports thousands of leaders through her websites (in excess of 2,000 visitors per day), writing, consulting, coaching, workshops and audio programs.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It’s simple, straightforward and contains the basics of motivation! Without any hesitation I recommend this book to anyone who wants to become a better leader!
Lalith Kahatapitiya, Chairman, KIK Group, Sri Lanka.
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How To Motivate Employees - Shelley Holmes
How to Motivate Employees
By Shelley Holmes
Copyright Shelley Holmes 2009-2011
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Table of Contents
You Cannot Motivate Others
The Two Things That Get People Out Of Bed
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Hertzberg’s Two-Factory Theory
Create The Environment That Enables People To Feel Inspired
What to do if the work on offer is inherently boring
Every Person Has A Different Motivational Trigger
Help People To Play To Their Strengths
Not Everyone Will Be Inspired By What You Have On Offer
Rewards and Their Impact On Performance
Top Tips For Creating A Motivating Environment
Top Tips for Creating A De-Motivating Environment
Steps To Take To Improve Employee Motivation
Final Points
Recommended Reading
About/Contact Shelley Holmes
Take Action Activities
Which Quadrant Are You Operating From?
Maslow/Hertzberg Reflections
Discover What Motivates You Exercise
Get Your Team To Work To Their Strengths
Is Your Job Meaningful To You Exercise
Is Your Workplace Toxic
Action Steps To Take To Improve Employee Motivation
Download the PDF with all the activities in this book
Before you read this e-book – you may like to take the:
How Motivating Is Your Work Environment?
Quiz
Who are the movers and shakers in your organization?
Do you know the one characteristic that sets the real go-getters in your organization apart from everyone else?
The common characteristic of the go-getters … is that these people are passionate!
They are seen as the ‘go to’ person, which differentiates them from almost everyone else.
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