Motivation
You need
to motivate the employees to fight for their goals.
A motivated
group will give their best.
If the
culture of the organization is orientated exclusively to punishing
bad behaviour, the employees will limit themselves to not making mistakes.
If on the
contrary, their culture is to reward good behaviour, the employees
will try and give their best.
The leader
is conscious that if he demands dedication from his team, he has to
compensate them.
Nobody
works out of the goodness of their heart. Behind people’s effort
there is the expectation to achieve something in return (money, acknowledgement,
training, etc).
The leader
should use different mechanisms to motivate.
Although
money is important it is not the only way to motivate, besides in
certain circumstances it is not the most effective motivator.
Many people
consider their professional development to be more important; to feel
valued, be considered part of the group, work in a friendly environment,
have autonomy, have power to make decisions, etc.
Giving
employees the opportunity to free all of their talent, their creativeness,
give them the opportunity to contribute, give the best, is extremely
motivating.
An organization
that does not pay attention to motivating will end up with unenthusiastic
staff, with a low level of commitment.
You need
to make sure all levels of staff in the company are motivated, not
only the people with a high position.
You need
to avoid insulting the lower levels when you reward the executives
with greater rewards.
When the
company profit increases and shares go up, the leader should try to
ensure that he shareholders aren’t the only ones that benefit,
but also the staff (after all, they have made the results possible).
