Things You'll Need:
- employees to motivate
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Step 1
Ascertain what is wrong with the current motivational methods of the company. Ask yourself questions such as:
"What is the number one complaint among employees regarding the current motivational methods?" "Are they too negative, too focused on one person, etc." -
Step 2
Ascertain who it is that is in charge of motivating the employees under him/her. Examples: team leaders, supervisors, area managers, middle management, etc. Find out the parties responsible for causing the least amount of motivation among your employees by whatever method available--
company-wide poll, watching them in action without them knowing, having others observe them and report their findings, etc. -
Step 3
Go through all the details and observe what is useful and what is not. See what kind of motivation makes people do things--without upsetting them--and what doesn't. If someone had a bad day motivating others--who cares, but if a person is regularly a poor motivator, try to find out why. The repeat offenders need to be taught the correct way of motivation--usually positive reinforcement--or they need to be kept from having to motivate others. It's not necessary to demote or fire them, just give them other tasks or a different job position.
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Step 4
Assess your current methods of promotion that make a person directly in charge of motivating employees. Give a personality test to those who are put in such positions. If the candidates fall short of being good motivators, have classes in proper motivation arranged for them.
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Step 5
Continue observing the way employees are motivated by people in these positions and repeat the cycle of steps if anything is amiss.
