What works to motivate your staff?

[wynn]

Living in the Eastern Cape you can get away calling everybody 'Boet' or 'Swaar'

[bjsteyn]

Living in the Eastern Cape you can get away calling everybody 'Boet' or 'Swaar'

I am from the generation where it is either "balsak" if you are afrikaans or "buddy" if you are english, although i don't call manny people "balsak", just my friends.

[Blurock]

Adrianh, I can not agree with you more. Treating people with respect costs nothing, yet it is so rewarding that I fail to understand why not everybody does it. It works in business, private life, politics, travel and.... and...

[HR-Student]

Know them well enough to know what drives them and then use that as a motivator to get them to work more... miracles really happen with this trick....

[Madison Scott]

If you want to motivate your staff them the encourage them for their good work. Give them Applause, Attention and many more for their good work.

[mother]

I motivate my staff by sharing our strategies and financials with them, including the factory staff. Obviously, I only share what they will understand, but enough to be a true reflection of how the business is performing. That way, they understand how increases are calculated and what influences it. They understand how working harder affects profit, which could lead to better increases. Basically, they become "engaged" employees.

[Blurock]

The problem is that many of our managers are not leaders. A leader will address a problem and fix it, not just moan about how unproductive and bad staff is. A leader sets the example. He does not wait for staff to greet him, but greets staff first. He does not listen to gossip and he does not have favourites. Everyone is treated the same - with respect and dignity. A leader does not demand respect, but earns it.

It is so sad that leadership is often lacking in politics and business alike. Personal entitlement and greed has unfortunately taken over.