8/11/2019 Ch4 Ways to Motivate and Reward Your Employees
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Template Ways to motivate and reward your employees
Work out the things that motivate your employees and decide how
to incorporate these into your
business. For your star performers you might consider making a
note of possible motivators in their
personal le to help when you do their performance appraisal.
Here is a template to help you to identify some things that
might motivate your employees, and to
work out ways to include these things in your business to keep
these people happy.
Motives:
what
makesth
em
tick
Whatthismightlooklikeinthe
workplace
Whoislike
thiswithinyour
business?
Whatyoucandotomotivate
employees
Achievem
ent,
meaningful
workand
the
workitself
Promotio
n/self
developm
ent
Turnsupforworkearlya
ndstayslate.
Reallygetsintoprojects
and/or
apparentlyenjoystheirw
ork
Goesaboveandbeyond
whatis
requiredtodothejob.
Seeksrecognitionofperformanceand
contributionandasksforfeedback.
Likeslearningnewthings.
Enjoystraining.
Looksforpromotionalop
portunities.
Allowthemtocontinuetodo
theworktheyenjoy.
Oftenwhenpeopleareprom
otedtheyndthat
itsnotasenjoyableastheiroldjob,sothey
leave.
Donotassumethatallstaffa
relookingfor
promotionalopportunities.Findoutwhatitisthey
likeabouttheirjobandgivethemmoreofit.
Setupregularfeedbacksessionsoramore
formalemployeerecognition
scheme.
Offertrainingopportunitieseitheronoroffthe
job.
Allowthemtolearnotherroleswithinthe
organisation.
Groomthemforpromotionw
herepossible.
Power/
responsibility
Likesbeinginchargean
disgoodatit.
Takesonextrajobs.
Likesworkingonprojects.
Likestohavetheirinput
heardand
actedupon.
Hasanopinionandlikes
toshareit.
Givethemprojectstomanag
einadditiontotheir
ownwork.
Rewardthemforachievingp
roductivitygains.
Allowthemtomanageasma
llteamofco-
workers.
Askfortheirinputonprojectswheretheycan
makeavisiblecontribution.
Afliation
/peer
approval
Wantstoworkinateam.
Likessocialinteractiond
uringwork.
Likesgettingapatonthebackfrom
co-workersandmanagers.
Enjoysbeingpopularatwork.
Avoidsconictandmay
betoo
accommodatingattimes
.
Createopportunitiesforteam
work.
Encourageasocialelementintheworkplace.
Introduceandsupportteamawardsfor
achievement.
Giveopenfeedbackthatissupportedbytheir
peers(suchasemployeeofthemonthawards).
Protectfromn
egativeconic
twherepossibleand
ensuretheyarenottakenad
vantageof.
