you've taken over as a manager of a supermarket with 200 staff. what would you do to motivate the staff?

Answer 1

First I would give each staff member an assessment of their performance. Those that have a low performance rate I would terminate, that always motivates others to work a little better.

Secondly for those who made the cut I would give an employee of the month award. Not something cheesy like a plaque with their name on it, try to pay your bills with a plaque, I would offer to give them a substantial award like 250.00. If that is not a motivation for someone earning about minimum wage I have no idea with is.

I own a repo. company. Every month I give the person who gets the most cars a 1000.00 bonus, compared to what they make, that is not a lot of money, but it is 1000.00 more than what they had at the start of the month. Also at the end of the year I give the top producer a 2 week paid vacation to anyplace he wants to take his wife in the USA. I pay the airfare and the motel and 50.00 a day in food allowance, and his average wages for that 2 week period. Compared to what the top producer has made me at that point, a little 5,000.00 vacation is not a lot to give, but it makes them happy, and gives the others incentive to do a little better the next year.

People want to know that management appreciates their efforts, from the guy at McDonalds to the CEO of a Fortune 500 Company. With the economy the way it is, the best way to do this is with cash. If I worked 70 hours a week to feed my family and the company gave me a 20.00 plaque, I would be out of there and find a job that appreciated the fact that I was willing to work hard for them.

When you see someone doing a good job point it out right then and there. When you see someone doing something they should / could be doing better at let them know as well and encourage them to do it better next time.

Above all else, ALWAYS treat them how you would want to be treated!

Answer 2

1. Yelling. 2. Gun point. 3. Screaming. 4. Threaten to sack staff. 5. Overtime without pay - staff seem to love that. 6. Point out that there are a million people queuing up to take their job. Some more serious options: Keep the relationship cordial and business like. Set goals and expectations, have 'friendly' chats with staff if they are not performing to your expectations - communicate and allow that communication to be two way. Listen, actually do this. Seek advice from staff on better methods of implementing processes. Everyone says "If I was the boss I'd do...." - find out what the end of this sentence is and do it.

Answer 3

The company I work for offers quarterly a bonus. If the stores shrink was low then a percent of the money saved was split up between all the employees. You could see what the shrink was before you came aboard and pay out to your employees.

Also, you could offer quarterly contests. Your employees could vote for each other and at the end of the quarter you draw 3 names from the box. This allows for the employees to work hard and be the best they can be, and your not breathing down their necks, their fellow workers are. For prizes, give restaurant gift cards worth $50, $30, and $20 dollars. Best cards are for red lobster, olive garden, etc.

Hope this helps :)

Answer 4

Design a compensation scheme where you can correlate their effort directly to sales and then reward the effort. For example, if some guy is in charge of racking food, if you are convinced that a good racking increases the liklihood of a customer wanting to buy food, then give the guy a bonus if you can walk through the market every day and not see anything racked incorrectly, etc. Develop operating targets like this and then give you employees bonuses so they achieve those operating targets (which you are happy to do since meeting operating targets must mean the store is making more money too).

Answer 5

First thing I'd do is be very visible around the store, and speak personally, even for a few minutes, to each employee individually.

Answer 6

let them know you respect them as workers, and that you want to form a strong team. listen to suggestions and if good suggestions, try them..offer incentive program, employee of the month, or bonus for attendance ,etc........

Answer 7

ermm...dun just order them to do stuff...sumtimez show ur ability...also show respect to ur staff...

Answer 8

Another homework question ?lol

Answer 9

give them free groceries