Fact: Employees work 20% better when motivated.
Becoming an expert on how to motivate your employees might be the best thing you can do for your organization. In general, your employees are an extremely valuable asset. They should care about the goals and mission of the company and work hard to achieve and maintain them, and motivation helps with that. It’s never too late to learn the skill of motivation, so let’s break it down below.
“Strategic employee recognition is a management discipline that goes way beyond ‘being the right thing to do.’ Recognition should not be viewed only as a feel-good, altruistic endeavor. No, it’s a management discipline that should garner significant ROI.”
Gregg Lederman, CRAVE: You Can Enhance Employee Motivation in 10 Minutes by Friday
The benefits of having motivated employees
- They are generally far more productive
- Typically, companies with high motivation experience lower levels of absenteeism.
- As a result, profits are higher for these organizations.
- Motivated employees are less likely to change jobs. So, employee turnover remains low.
So, the important takeaway here is that employee motivation is not one-and-done. As a manager, you should always keep employee motivation top of mind. Invest time and money into your motivational efforts. As mentioned above, you will see returns much greater than your investment as employees grow and thrive. In terms of employee autonomy, Celayix offers a range of workforce management tools that can help you provide it. If you’d like to hear more, you can contact a solutions advisor here!
