How to Motivate Employees

Motivation in the Workplace - Quotes and Tips

Want insight on how to motivate employees? Take a look at the following quotes and tips. They are full of wisdom and sound advice.

Motivational Quotes:

An employee's motivation is a direct result of the sum of interactions with his or her manager. ~ Bob Nelson

Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers. ~ Stephen Covey

Managements have always looked at man as an animal to be manipulated with a carrot and a stick. They found that when a man hurts, he will move to avoid pain - and they say, "We're motivating the employees." Hell, you're not motivating them, you're moving them. ~ Frederick Herzberg (Hygiene and Motivation Theory)

People don't change their behavior unless it makes a difference for them to do so. ~ Fran Tarkenton

The only way I can get you to do anything is by giving you what you want. ~ Dale Carnegie

Money does motivate, but only for a short time and only as long as it serves as a measrue of worth or of power of victory. ~ James L. Hayes

If you ask people confidentially what they want most in their jobs - if they're paid anything decent at all - they will say that they want a greater sense of self-worth. And I think this giving of responsibility and respect and authority is one of the things that motivate people. ~ Fritz Maytag

The resentment that criticism engenders can demoralize employees, family members and friends, and still not correct the situation that has been condemned. ~ Dale Carnegie

Research indicates that workers have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company. ~ Zig Ziglar

Men and women want to do a good job, and if they are provided the proper environment, they will do so. ~ William Hewlett

Employees want to feel their leaders know where they' re going, since the employees have to follow that path.

Employee Motivation Tips:

Beware - negative motivation generates rage, contempt, and resentment of major proportions.

Penalities and threats provide no enduring and often backfires.

If you expect good things from your employees, and give them the tools to succeed, they'll do you proud.

Good pay and working conditions don't satisfy people - they only keep them from feeling dissatisfied.

Hire smart. People who enjoy the work they do will do it both better and faster.

Expect even your best employees to change their interest, goals, and priorities every few years.

Delegate authority. It's a common theme in most motivation theories for how to motivate employees. Besides, it works.

Understand that employees will, one way or another, balance inputs and outputs. Lesson: Pay now or pay later.

If you take employees for granted and ignore their ideas, they'll find ways to make you pay attention.

Get input from the people who will be affected by your decisions. They may provide eye-popping insights.

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