How do you motivate employees? You must make sure that the tasks are fun or deploy an element of competition. Working towards a common target can also increase the motivation of each individual, since one usually cares about relationships with teammates. The business2community.com website found several powerful ways to motivate people.
Money, money, money… everything is not about it
As important as money is, when it comes to motivation, it is not the only factor that unleashes it. It helps to hold celebrations of personal milestones and work anniversaries. Your employees like to be given a chance to utilize their personality and individual talents. Never forget to recognize accomplishments and achievements. Flexible working conditions are also appreciated by many.
Gamification - enjoy your work
The term means that you take a non-game activity and by modifying the rules you turn it into a game-like activity. Gamification allows you to motivate your employees by awarding badges or by unlocking new levels of the game. The main aim of the concept is to make routine and difficult work task a little bit more fun. Playing encourages employees to feel better so they are more motivated to get the things done. Often gamification is enabled and carried out by some type of software applications. However, it is not easy to develop a game. Careful planning and execution is needed in order to give you the best results. Additional requirements are employee support of such an activity, also the activity itself must be deeply engaging.
Common goals
How to motivate teams? A great way to do that is to set them team targets, then provide incentives in the form of financial bonuses or non-financial rewards. The key is that the goal is one that everyone desires to reach. Further, people are often motivated by the feeling that they don’t want to let down their teammates. They want to avoid disappointing their team members and try harder to avoid it. Weekly or monthly awards for the best team can spur motivation when there are many teams. Take advantage of the competitive spirit. The only challenge for you is to keep the competition lively, encouraging and positive.
What motivational activities do you find the best?
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