As a HR professional, it’s your
job to ensure that your company’s employees remain motivated and thus,
productive. This week I tackle this subject with Frank Kelly’s top five
employee motivational techniques.
A Motivated Worker is a Productive Worker
A business’ human resources staff
is responsible for hiring, administrating and training staff. Ensuring that
staff remains motivated is an enduring part of the job description, as a
motivated worker is a productive worker, who will increase your company’s bottom
line.
Often the job of a human
resources professional is a thankless one, and ensuring your firms employees
stay motivated in such a limited capacity is a task at best, difficult at
worst. However it is always achievable.
Frank Kelly’s Top Five
It is possible as a human
resources professional to play a pivotal role in ensuring an employee stays
motivated and here are five ways you can do just that:
Listen: Often times a disheartened employee just needs someone to
talk to, and the pastoral nature of your position makes you the person. Having
someone to listen can broaden an employees’ perspective, and motivate them to
approach the task at hand with a new vigour.
Recognise: An unmotivated employee can sometimes feel as though
their contributions are going unnoticed. You are in the position to not only
directly communicate appreciation for their services, but to approach the
management and encourage positive reinforcement in the work place.
Train: Sometimes an unmotivated employee is simply a bored one.
Arranging further training for them will not only reengage their brains, but add
value to their position at your company.
Incentivise: In your position as a human resources professional,
again you have a unique pull with higher management, which you can use to boost
employee morale. Arrange incentives for
employees to work for, and watch their motivation soar.
Strategize: An unmotivated employee is often one with no
aspirations. Why not work with them to set a list of goals to reach both in the
work place and their further career, then provide the necessary information
they need to achieve them.
It may be a thankless job, but
the role of human resources professional is a pivotal one in improving employee
motivation. Use your position to enrich the lives of your company’s employees,
whilst driving their productivity, and consequently your firms bottom line, up
in the process.