The best managed companies and organisations will keep staff morale high during the economic downturn by capturing hearts and minds. There are seven core actions that will help companies achieve this motivation nirvana:
• Communicate Direction – provide clarity of strategy – use good communication to make sure your staff know where they’re going and give them the confidence that the leadership in the company are in place.
• Instil trust and confidence in your most committed and focused employees – who will also provide confidence for other employees.
• Address core concerns – communicate to each individual what’s expected of them, how they should behave and what they need to achieve.
• Put staff in positions suited to their particular skills and ambitions – give them time and support to succeed.
• Act quickly – inactivity creates a vacuum, leaving your staff worried and unfortunately free to draw their own (often incorrect) conclusions.
• Keep investing in R&D – innovation is even more important now in the credit crunch than ever before.
• Reward positive behaviour – it’s important that when staff perform and are adding value to the organisation that this is recognised and communicated throughout the company. This will reinforce good practice and motivate other staff.
Introduce a reward or motivation scheme, or recognise staff with individual awards.
The Corporate Gifts Co can supply single engraved items, awards and plaques for recognition or general promotional gifts for schemes or programmes.
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