Human Resources 101

How do you personalize employee motivation?

March 28th, 2006 · No Comments

In his first column for Workforce.com, Dr. John Sullivan writes about “personalized motivation”. He suggests managers ask their employees four questions that can help focus motivation.

  • What would you like more of? That is, what are the elements of any job that excite, challenge and motivate you to be more productive?

  • What would you like less of? That is, what are the elements of any job that frustrate you or inhibit your productivity?

  • How would you like to be managed? Help me understand the best approach to get the most productivity out of you.

  • Why did you quit your last few jobs? Help me understand why you quit, so that I can avoid repeating the same mistakes that your previous managers made.

Read the article at Workforce.com

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