what is the best way to motivate staff?

Answer 1

a pay rise!
seriously: the company i work for,the supervisors actually are interested in what you do and who you are and constantly praise you and tell you when you're doing a good job, enquire about you on a personal level as well..
they also have monthly barbeques and the day of your birthday is a public holiday.it's all in the little touches and respect and interest shown in the individual employee.
teamwork is also encouraged and it makes it a pleasure to go to work with helpful and friendly c0-workers.
our rate of pay is also quite good so everyones pretty satisfied.

Answer 2

There are a number of ways to motivate staff, as follows:

A. Allow input into important decisions, even if you are the one that needs to make them, ultimately. It allows staff to feel they are being heard.

B. Give them some of the important things to do instead of all the tedious work.'

C. Form work teams and have friendly competitions for such things as attendance and days without an accident.

D. Make sure they know they are appreciated. Make dense use of praise for good work. As bosses, we tend to accentuate the negative because it usually has a big impact, but emphasizing positives will cut down the need for negatives.

E. Do an employee's job for an hour a week. This shows people that you are willing to do what they do. In addition, you will learn more about the difficulties and small irritations of their jobs.

F. Write a thank you note to each employee who goes above and beyond. I cannot emphasize how important this is. Look how hard people work just to get a "Best Answer" on Yahoo! People cannot get too many notes! It doesn't have to be a long note, just a short Thank you.

G. Avoid harsh interventions. If you yell at employee, you may have made an enemy for life and you'll have to watch your back.

H. Be approachable. Make sure you allow employees to access you at times.

Answer 3

well .. this is all debatable .. but here is what i tried:
"throw" different things at the table and see where do you get a good response; some people react to money, some to knowledge, some to relaxation .. so try to do this:
make a "package" according to your budget and give rewards for excellence like: salary increase, trips to a nice location, training courses, the "employee of the month" panel. And see what area returns the best feedback.
After that detail that area
For example:
we had an electrical company that made electric wires and circuits for cars .. with the same problem.. and they couldn't afford to pay more so a low budget system must be done, so we arranged a "team of the month" panel and it had surprisingly results; but this was done to a large company with ~1500 employees.
Or in another financial company, we sent top 10 employees on a holiday. The selection was result based for the figures over 6 months.. this was also a ~1000 employee company.
the best result was in a training company.. pretty large one tough .. where we had to motivate the trainers. So we came up with a small oscar-like statuette .. and the best trainer over a month had the honor to take a picture with the oscar .. published in the internal newsletter with a short testimonial. This worked in a trainer company that made also motivational trainings ;)
It really depends on your employees and the activity of your company.. understand your employees .. then you will understand their needs .. then when you know their needs you will come up with a sollution.

hope it helps ;)

Answer 4

Some kind of reward system, even something small like lollies. Or the incentive of a big reward like a staff dinner and the person with the most improvement goes for free. People like free stuff and recognition.

Answer 5

You may need to do a number of things, it all depends on why they are not motivated.
It also depends on the business.
Try showing you believe in them
Start getting them together for chats, just friendly bringing in a bit of the business etc as things go on. You need them to work together.
Build up their confidence and their attitude to each other and the company. It takes time, but it's time well spent in the end.
It's difficult to answer in just a few lines, one last thing though, have you looked at yourself and what your attitudes are - to them and the company ?
Hope I've helped.

Answer 6

To do what...?

1) Machiavelli has some really good points, so does Sun Tzu. Communism works for a lot of Chinese... development is usally based on old ideas that are proven...

2) Or, start with yourself... identify your characteristics that reflect throughout in your business and work on them first. This will encourage change in your business and in yourself and work colleagues/subordinates. Eventually you will come to the things you don't like about yourself, your business, and other things people dont like. Its easier to start with what you care about.

3) Lastly, allow your staff to encourage you... I dare you!
Ask them!

Answer 7

1. Don't be stingy with payrise!

2. Don't do what this guy did. This is very stingy.

"xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, manager of XXXXXXXXXXXXXX catering firm xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, offers a day off on full pay to any employee who can recommend a person to fill a vacant position in the company. Staff who recommended an unsuccessful applicant receive free movie tickets."

When you save thousands by not having to pay any Recuitment Agency, offering a day off on full pay (which is equivalent to...? $200?) is very very cheap.

Source: https://www.cpaaustralia.com.au/cps/rde/xchg/SID-3F57FECA-8C70D309/cpa/hs.xsl/1017_24447_ENA_HTML.htm

This guy obviously thinks he is Santa Claus, it gets advertised in the CPA website.

Answer 8

Good leadership,get them involved some people use the term "empowerment" make sure they have training and support and it never hurts to tell them,everyday if you like,what a good job they are doing .Don't turn regular meetings into yet another chore get them involved.

Answer 9

Casual days are always good.

Bagel and cream cheese days work well too.

Answer 10

profit sharing?

or you could offer company shares to the employees?