We talk a lot about what are the best ways to keep our employees motivated, and which would be the most appropriate way of rearding the good and top performers, in a manner that continues to be attractive to them year over year. In order to better understand the motivators behind each of my team members, I've started with an open discussion about what motivates them. One or two told me that indeed salary is a motivator, and as we digged further more we have uncovered that money was actually only the means to attain some of their objectives. Returning to my initial question, we have uncovered quite a few interesting motivation drivers for each of them, quite unique from one individual to the other, and not so much related to money as you might think. Here is what made it to the list from some of them: - travel opportunities (for job purposes) - access to knowledge (technical trainings or materials, time to do self-study) - formal recognition of their performance (email to ...
Management is a journey that never ends. There are so many perspectives on how to manage a business, how to manage people, and how to achieve exceptional results, that there will also be a place for yet another opinion. What's yours ?