How to motivate employees

Life requires people to manage it better, and the same goes for work. All work will become boring after a long time and employees will lose their enthusiasm. At this time, managers play a very critical role. If managers can create some rules and regulations that can motivate employees, it will be beneficial to both employees and bosses. Let us learn how to motivate employees.

1. Prerequisites and principles for motivating employees through personal practice

1. Find out the family background. Motivation theory reveals that the premise for effective motivation is to understand each employee’s actual needs, expectations and valence for the future, and evaluation of the current fairness.

2. Set an example. If you want to motivate others, you must first motivate yourself; if you want to require employees to strive for excellence, leaders must first have the determination and confidence to strive for excellence. In this way, leaders can infect and motivate everyone with their invisible personal charm.

3. Fairness. Justice means fairness and rationality. It requires leaders to treat employees equally without any favoritism or partiality. Whether a leader is fair has a fundamental impact on employee motivation.

4. Trust. Lack of trust in an organization can ultimately be fatal. Trust in any incentive dependency is manifested as the leader's trust in subordinates and the subordinates' trust in the leader. Trust is a two-way thing, and the trust of an organization will not last forever. In an environment of mutual trust, every employee becomes an important worker.

5. The dialectical principle of material incentives and spiritual incentives. From the motivation theory of management, we can see that material motivation is the foundation and spiritual motivation is the key. Under the current economic conditions in our country, health care needs have been basically met, and the incentives should be more and more important spiritual attraction. At the same time, we should not ignore the discussion of incentives in equity theory. Leaders should pay attention to fairness in material benefits and spiritual treatment, otherwise it will affect the enthusiasm of employees.

6. Comprehensive application principle. There is no superiority or inferiority between any two incentive measures, only whether they are appropriate to local conditions. The actual process of motivation cannot be fully achieved by relying on one method. In a certain period of time, there is often a maximization of the effect of a certain incentive measure, but this does not exclude or eliminate the need for other incentive measures. Therefore, in order to effectively motivate employees, it is necessary to use various incentive measures in a comprehensive manner to overcome the singleness of the measures.

2. Flexibly use methods and techniques to motivate employees

In his book "Managing with Heart", Brech mentioned that there are three main things that employees in modern society want: meaningful work, the opportunity to play a role in decisions that affect them, and good interpersonal relationships. In addition, we are also facing special national conditions such as a transitional society, employment of only children, and personality development. To motivate employees, we should target these common characteristics and use incentive methods in a timely, appropriate and comprehensive manner.

1. Manage democratically, don’t be a ruler. The image of a ruler will cause dissatisfaction among employees, which will inevitably affect their enthusiasm in the long run. The way to overcome this is democratic management, creating an environment where “we do it together”. For matters that affect everyone, such as the department's development priorities, current areas of dissatisfaction, and even the division of projects within the department, we can use anonymous methods to solicit everyone's opinions so that everyone has a sense of mission to "be involved." Effective participation can not only pool ideas, but also motivate employees in a democratic way.

2. Become an adult and accomplish things. Abandon the traditional incentive method of combining kindness and severity, encourage everyone to become a talent, achieve a career, and meet everyone's high-level needs to realize their self-worth. Among them, bold use of cadres is an initiative to promote adult achievement. It is one of the concrete manifestations of the principle of trust. The key lies in "trusting people when employing them." Fully trusting employees, boldly giving them the power to take on challenging tasks is a powerful means of motivation. As the saying goes, "pressure is the driving force," this is exactly what is meant by this. Boldly using cadres is an artistic form of "pressure." But trust does not mean laissez-faire. Leaders should make it clear to their subordinates when, what matters and under what circumstances they must report to their superiors.

3. Motivation in communication. To create motivational effects through communication, the first thing is to respect employees. Modern people all desire to be respected, and as an employee, they hope to be appreciated even more, and respecting them is the greatest appreciation for them. The way to respect is to meet the five unspoken requirements when dealing with subordinates: pure listening, no criticism, acceptance of differences, no accusations, affirmation of their unique character, looking at the bright side, and telling them your true thoughts with care. If you can do these five things, the other person will feel respected and even cared for. If people feel that they are respected and valued, they will not only do things with their heart, but also use their brains.