I’m an employee get me out of here!!

Lateness, unproductivity, frequent absences, conflict between staff members, loosing sales, not enough sales, customer complaints, no happy customers, bad cash flow, loosing money, high staff turnover, recruitment costs, headaches, stresses, have I said them all? There are probably lots more things that can happen to your business and you once your staff become unmotivated!

 

Keeping staff motivated at work can be the most challenging task a Manager or Business Owner has. Once a member of staff becomes unmotivated things can spiral out of control and have a detrimental effect on businesses.

This is why is it crucial to keep employees motivated so they can carry out their job role to its full potential and enable a business to sustain in the economy and grow.

So what can we do as an employer to keep our staff motivated? Payrise? Company Car? Bonuses? More Responsibility? Regular Reviews? They seem like the obvious things, but really who knows!!!! And how do we know they will work?!! Some may work for some people but things like a payrise, company car and bonuses only work for a little while and when Timmy in Sales gets a better car then Tommy, Tommy is going to start to get dissatisfied with his and want the same. And yes you got it more money expenditure burning a hole in the cash flow!

The truth is we all get motivated by different things -Most people believe it or not are not motivated by Payrises, Money or Material things. Some people just want a simple hello to them in the morning it may sound simple but to be acknowledged as part of the company is a big thing for people and what does it cost employers nothing!!

Everyone is individual, everyone gets motivated by different things so why do we second guess, treat everyone the same and at the same time throw away lots of money to things we are not sure are going to work. Some people don’t like responsibility they just may like coming into work, seeing people, doing their work and going home again whilst other people thrive on more responsibility, love a challenge and not really bothered if they have a chat with Janine by the water cooler about last weekend's XFactor.

I have just become part of an exciting new tool called Motivational Maps – this tool is brilliant and truly goes along in what I believe in. This tool is a great starting point for Employers and Employee’s to understand the people in their team and their colleagues. Part of the battle in life is understanding people; once we do we can then work on how to communicate with them, how to treat them and what works for them and what doesn’t.

When I left my other business last year I was on a mission to go in and work with employers and their employees and create happier and successful work forces. Experience has told me from being an employee, employing my own staff, working with people and helping people back to work there is a need. I want people to enjoy going into work, if I see another comment on my Facebook feed about the dreadful thing that it is Monday again and they don’t want to go to work I may have to delete them from my friends list or better still find out where they work and work with them. Face it guys we have to work, so we may as well enjoy it – right? After all we spend three quarters of our life working so why would we want to feel that negative and depressed for all that time, why would we want to do that to ourselves?!!!! I love my work, my map told me I get motivated by being the expert and wanting to shine. That is why I am in this job - I want to inspire people and help people to become successful. If only my old boss knew this, if she did she would have kept one of her best members of her team as I loved what I did but not how I was being treated. Wouldn’t it be great if we just knew the simplest thing – What motivates my staff? It could mean just a hello for some!

I am currently taking bookings for any Employers/Business Owners/Managers who express an interest in Motivational Maps and want to find out more about them and how my coaching programs can help them and their staff/teams. If you would like to arrange a 1hr free consultation with me – please contact me on 07788 988018 or send me an email lucy@virtuelifecoaching.co.uk where I can arrange a meeting with you.

Employee's make the world go round, without them our businesses would not be able to grow. We need Employee's to work for businesses like its their business. Lucy Flanagan.