how do i motivate employees in my organisation?

Question

i have been working as an office administrator for about a year now. recently my boss who was the HR manager was fired and i am now acting HR. the thing is i have been doing more clerical work than actually dealing with employees. now i have to, and i dont want to fail. i want to improve the HR in some way. i want to make my mark. what do i do?

Answer 1

Use the facts you have learned about the employees as an administrator to your advantage. It sounds like you can only go up from here. Good luck...

Answer 2

I was a field supervisor over three crews of men in the oilfield. Every once in a while I would buy a crew a couple of pizzas or some sandwiches and sodas, take it out to them and tell them to shut down, take a break and eat a bite. It usually didn't take more than 20 or 30 minutes and the result was 100% more work performance. I had guys that would do anything I asked of them, regardless of the time or conditions.I'm not saying in an office setting this is something that you'd be able to do.But if you treat your people like they're special they'll become special. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Gather your people together and ask them how you can help make their jobs easier. Your employees know how to do their jobs and they appreciate support. Don't try to "change" things just to make your mark. Make your mark by helping your workers be more productive, not by coming in and changing a lot of methods and procedures. Let them tell you what needs changing and they will rise to the occasion. Then make your mark by implementing their good recommendations. Have a short informal weekly meeting, maybe Monday morning, to go over the activities of the week. This is a good opportunity for people to bring up issues before they become big problems. You will get a lot of good support and high productivity if you show your workers you trust them to do the right thing, and support them in making positive changes that make their work lives easier. Higher productivity will naturally follow.

Acknowledge those good workers who have been there the longest when it comes to opportunities for advancement. We had a manager who allowed himself to be manipulated by a slick-talking new person. The manager gave him opportunities for advancement that should have gone to some of the people who had been there longer and who had more technical expertise. This led to an almost total breakdown of teamwork and a lot of ill will. Then this manager quit and the poor "favorite" was left to his own devices. No wanted to work with him because he had tried to step over the others. The entire scenario was extremely counter-productive to the organization and damaging to the atmosphere of teamwork which had been so good up until then.

Make sure you don't allow people to take up too much of your time unnecessarily. Let people know up front that you will drop what you're doing only in cases that clearly need it, otherwise they need to make an appointment to see you about non-emergency issues.

Just the fact that you're asking this question tells me that you'll do great!

Answer 4

I work in HR as well and there are many things out there to motivate employees depending on what your company's budget allows. Monthly luncheons are good. This usually allows everyone to socialize together. I don't know what type of business you are in, but reward programs are good too.

Answer 5

A prize draw could motivate me or a reward equipment. like the main sales to illustrate earn the main factors and on the top of the quarter of a few thing you get the prize in case you win. Like a Apple Mac or a trip to Australia... wish this helps!

Answer 6

bribe them with gift cards and bonuses. for example give gift cards to groups of employees with no injuries and give bonuses to those with perfect attendence for 6 months. a fifty dollar bonus costs way less than paying numerous employees over time for working someone else's shift. personally walk through the building and pay attention to who is actually working as opposed to cruising the internet, shoveling food in their face, and incesantly making personal calls on the company's phone, and take action.