How Do You Best Motivate Employees?

Despite our efforts to recognize staff members for their outstanding work, the feedback we often get is that employees don’t feel appreciated enough. In other words, we appreciate our practice’s team members, but they don’t feel we recognize their work enough. Apparently, this is not something unique to our practice. I’ve read research that shows that most employee leave a company because they don’t feel their bosses appreciate their hard work, commitment or dedication. Research has also shown that when employees leave a job, many times it isn’t the money. Workers reveal that raises and promotions are great, of course, but what they would really like, is to feel valued. And not feeling valued enough is what led them to leave the jobs. At the bookstore the other day, I came across a book titled The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace by Gary Chapman and Paul White. If you ever have attended a marriage seminar, you may have heard of Gary Chapman before. He is the author of the popular book The 5 Love Languages. The title intrigued me so I bought the book. The authors of the book discuss that in the work place, people have different ways in which they feel appreciated. Some employees like it when their boss acknowledges them publicly for a job well done, while others would prefer a gesture of recognition done privately. Others feel appreciated when co-workers or managers step in to ease the burden of their work load, while others feel special w...
Source: Pediatric Inc - Category: Pediatricians Authors: Tags: Employee Leadership Book boss Business Employment Gary Chapman Human resources Job satisfaction Workplace Source Type: blogs