Motivating Employee Participation
Releasing Team Energy

Motivating employee participation is key to a successful team, and higher profits!

When workers feel good about themselves, the work they do, and the company they work for, it is much easier to gain their cooperation.

Below is a list of ways in which you can bring out the very best in your employees, benefiting not only yourself, but everyone on your team.

Key Points To Motivating Employee Participation:

Involve employees in decision-making process. Give employees a share in decision making. If not deciding what is to be done, then how it is to be done, or when or in what way, by whom. Let their "share" increase over time.

Keep employees informed. Keep employees informed about changes that can directly affect them such as policy changes, procedure or rule changes, product information changes, and performance changes.

Be aware of the morale level of your employees. Be sensitive to changes in morale. Know when and why it goes up or down.

Maintain an open-door policy. Be approachable, available, and interested, not distant.

Develop a caring attitude. A good manager trains, develops, counsels, guides, and supports her employees.

Be sure to listen. Always listen to and try to understand what employees are communicating.

Always treat your employees with respect. Be thoughtful and considerate of the person you are dealing with.

Ask for suggestions. Be sure to invite suggestions and new ideas from employees concerning work. Be willing to put good ideas into action by making changes.

Give "constructive" criticism. An effective manager gives constructive criticism and never makes personal attacks.

Recognize your employees. Give appropriate praise and recognition for a job well done.

Outline job responsibilities. Make certain employees know exactly what is expected of them and how their performance will be evaluated.

Maintain high standards. By involving employees in establishing high standards of performance, you will build their pride and self-confidence.

As a leader, it’s your responsibility to create and maintain a work environment that is healthy to your team and your business. But when it comes to motivating employee participation, the best advice is to make sure during the hiring process that you choose someone who is a self-motivated individual.

It’s much easier and less costly to take a self-motivated person and provide a healthy environment where they will thrive, that it is to hire someone who is not self-motivated and take on the drudgery of trying to motive them yourself.

Choose your team wisely, then take great care of them and in return they will take great care of you.

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