Effective Supervisory Skills – 53 Motivation Techniques To Energize Your Employees
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In today’s competitive business environment, companies are seeking every advantage that they can to increase productivity. Even with reduced staffing levels supervisors are still expected to lead their subordinates and accomplish the tasks at hand.
The goal is to get employees to perform their jobs at peak efficiency on a consistent basis.
One way to get more with less is to use proven motivation techniques to energize and engage your employees. These do not have to be complex or costly to be effective.
Below are 53 Motivation Techniques that work.
Why not give them a try?
1. Implement an Employee of Month or Week process.
2. Give special parking space to employee of month or week
3. Start a Contest. You can hold a contest on just about anything.
4. Hold a Team competition. Sometimes peer pressure not to let the other team members down is the best approach.
5. Hold an Off-site meetings or retreats. A change of scenery can boost productivity.
6. Practice Recognition and Rewards frequently.
7. Assignment as team lead of important task force or project
8. Assignment as team member of important task force or project
9. Delegate as your substitute while you are on vacation
10. Provide off-site Training opportunities
11. Assign as a trainer for others
12. Encourage employee to publish an article in an industry magazine
13. Represent company at industry conference or event
14. Post article about employee in company newsletter
15. Post a photos of group on a Bulletin board.
16. Hold an open house for family and friends of employees.
17. Organize an off-site team building exercise like golf or bowling.
18. Let team develop a department motto or slogan.
19. Give out employee pins for significant accomplishments
20. Give out team member pins
21. Read customer comments at staff meetings
22. Distribute an commendation email about an employee to his peers and other supervisors.
23. Send a thank-you letter home to an employee’s family.
24. Introduce them by name to important visitors like customers and company executives.
25. Practice saying “Thank-you”.
26. Practice giving written thank-you notes
27. Give them a book related to their job
28. Subscribe to industry magazines or publications
29. Pay for certifications/licenses
30. Handshake and pat on back
31. Hang a banner at entry with employee’s name
32. Department pizza party
33. Bring donuts or kolaches for breakfast
34. Let them participate in new hire interviews
35. Give out apparel with company logo (i.e. shirts, caps, jackets)
36. Give a personalize a coffee cup
37. Send an online greeting card
38. Allow a dress casual day
39. Make a presentation to executives
40. Establish an employee incentive plan
41. Give Birthday cards to team members
42. “Welcome Aboard” Cards from team for new employees
43. Offer some floating holidays
44. Offer Compensation time for salary employees
45. Offer Flex time off or flex starting or ending time program
46. Perfect Attendance Awards
47. Insert thank-you notes in paychecks
48. Deliver Raises and bonuses in person.
49. On hot days, give out “freeze pops”
50. Schedule routine performance feedback dialogs
51. Let them work from home occasionally
52. Acknowledge stressful situations like family or personal illness. Just asking will show you care
53. Recognize significant improvements not just top performers
As you can see, the possibilities of motivation techniques are endless. Most require little if any money to implement. Some do need a little help from your corporate folks. However each one has been proven to work and motivate employees to increase productivity.
Go through the list again and pick out your favorites. Then start practicing them. If you follow that advice you will have better employee attitudes, improved employee morale, and an energized team.
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