An Employee Who Needs Motivation (Managing Essentials™ Series)

New Just-In-Time Performance Management Tool! You have an employee who needs motivation. What do you do? There are four steps you can take to help the situation.

Tell the employee why their lack of motivation is a problem. Give job-related examples that point this out. Remember, most employees are motivated by a challenge, learning new things, accomplishment, doing work they enjoy, and getting recognition. Those are motivators you can act on to make the job more interesting. Ask questions and listen to discover what work the employee enjoys and feels challenged doing. This is the key step and may take some time.