Motivation

The dictionary definition of motivation is "being motivated to do or achieve something, because of an incentive or reward."

Motivation in the workplace

Motivation is used to try and bring the employees normal level of work up to the desired level. It might be that an employee performs well but you want to see if they can produce better sales or work even harder. Higher targets can only be met if the employee has the ability and motivation to strive for them. If your staff don't feel like they are appreciated or that they won't be rewarded for meeting these goals then they won?t be motivated. This can impact on the motivation of the workplace as a whole.

Staff motivation has the power to increase the productivity, performance and loyalty of your workforce, if the rewards are right. The rewards need to be something your staff want.

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Three facts about motivation in the workplace

It is down to the individual employees to motivate him or herself, you can't force them to"be motivated" but by offering them achievable goals and good rewards you can certainly help lead them in the right direction.

Shouting at staff doesn't motivate them to work harder! It might work in the short term but it won't in the long run and could permanently damage the way an employee feels about the business. Employee motivation needs to be a positive thing rather than something driven by fear.

People are motivated by different things so don't presume the same things that motivate you will motivate your staff. Similarly different rewards will appeal to different people, so it is very difficult to find one reward to help motivation in the workplace. It is possible though thanks to the Love2shop voucher, the UK's number one multi-retailer gift voucher which can be spent in over 20,000 stores including Debenhams, Toys R Us, Boots, House of Fraser, River Island, HMV, Homebase, JJB, WHSmith, Matalan and Iceland.

Employee motivation survey

Setting up an employee motivation survey in your workplace can improve your relationship with your staff as they will appreciate being asked how they feel, as long as they are able to answer anonymously and will find out the results. If you want to run an employee motivation survey whereby the members of staff have to be named and the results are kept a secret then the survey could actually have a damaging affect on motivation in the workplace. Members of staff won't answer honestly if they think they might be judged for the answers they give or if they will never know what the results were.

Customer motivation

As well as looking at staff motivation don't forgot to look at how important customer motivation is to any business. In order for your business to succeed then you need to understand your customers and make them want to make more purchases, spend more? and tell their friends about you.

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