The Secrets That all Managers Would Love to Know - How to Motivate Staff During the Hard Times

In the current economic climate, it is essential for your staff to remain sharp and on the top of their game. In other words, you need to play the motivation game. The bulk of managers like to think that they are good motivators of people but the sad fact is that their beliefs and reality are quite often poles apart. So here are 3 tips that you can use to ensure that yo get the best from your workforce.

One-listen to what they say during meetings and to take on board their ideas.

This is a guaranteed way to get your staff on side. &nbspAt meetings, always canvas for their opinions, to them and allow their colleagues to contribute then decide as a whole group on the way forward. &nbspYou may even find someone comes up with a better solution to a situation than you do it yourself. When your staff are involved in the departmental decision making they are more likely to be receptive to any changes in procedure or policy, which will make your life a lot easier in the long term. If the individuals in the department feel that they are pulling in the same direction, the department will function much more smoothly in all respects.

Two-organize regular social events.

Regular might mean only once every two months, it doesn’t matter, but make sure that you organize something different each time for example a pub games evening, a darts match against another department and so on. An alternative would be a weekly trip to a local bar for lunch on Fridays, just to get out of the workplace for a while and to help people wind down for the weekend.

Three-every now and then organise a corporate event.

Two or three times a year it is worth the company spending some money on a staff day out, or if you have the facilities add your own premises, at the event come to you. &nbspIf you organize something like a treasure on some other themed event such as adventure games or a medieval day, it will also act as team building so you find yourself in a win – win situation. How do you choose a corporate event that doubles as team building? Look for something that will be inclusive e to all staff and that will involve a challenge, competition to win, communication, planning and lateral thinking. The event does not need to break the bank; there are many conference energiser events that can be used in this way, where the activity or activities only last for a couple of hours in total.