15 tips to motivate your people

15 tips to motivate your people

By Dave Stent

™/® Registered Trademarks of The McQuaig Institute of Executive Development Ltd.© Copyright 2010 The McQuaig Institute of Executive Development Ltd., Toronto, Canada

Tip 1

Get to know your people as individuals


Tip 2

Get to know what interests and motivates them


Tip 3

Analyse their strengths and development areas. Ensure they have the opportunities to use their strengths, and that development areas are recognised and effectively managed.


Tip 5

Coach and guide them. Ensure they have the chance to ‘learn’ from experiences, colleagues and role models who have the strengths they lack.


Tip 6

Give immediate recognition for a job well done, as well as at the formal review session.

Say ‘thank you’ and mean it!


Tip 7

Publicise an individual’s good work. Tell your colleagues, bosses and other staff how well your

team is doing.


Tip 8

Ensure team members get the rewards they deserve (salary, bonus, promotion, perks,

peer/company recognition).


Tip 9

Delegate more of your work especially those parts that are interesting, or exciting.

This will give you more time to concentrate on the team and the individual, let the team get on with

the task!!


Tip 10

Involve the team in decision-making. Seek their views; Consult them on the advisability, viability,

and practicality of any potential change/idea.


Tip 11

Encourage ideas and solutions from the individual. After all they are DOING the job, and are probably

closer to the actions and the clients/customer needs.


Tip 12

Share information. The grapevine will always distribute the news anyway.


Tip 13

Get them involved with the budget and target setting for the unit.


Tip 14

Support them in resolving difficult situations with other parts of the organisation.


Tip 15

Do what you can to ensure that the right conditions exist to enable them to work effectively, and perhaps even happily!!


Top 15 tips to motivate your people

For information about the McQuaig Psychometric System?

Call 0845 456 4000Visit www.mcquaig.co.uk

http://www.mcquaig.co.uk/

Business

15 tips to motivate your people