"There are no hopeless situations; there are only men who have grown hopeless about them." — Clare Boothe Luce
The choices you make everyday influence the motivational climate of your company. As a manager you want to create a motivated workplace. It is equally important to know what actions to avoid so you don't de-motivate. Managers and other organizational leaders often make the following crucial mistakes, which lead to low morale and workplace de-motivation:
- Criticizing in front of others
- Being dishonest
- Taking credit for others' work
- Being inaccessible
- Showing favoritism
- Delegating without giving authority, or delegating to the wrong person
- Communicating poorly or failing to communicate at all
- Failing to train employees for job responsibilities
- Exhibiting wishy-washy behavior
- Failing to emphasize teamwork
- Giving the impression that you're concerned only about your own well-being
- Displaying poor personal work habits such as disorganization and procrastination
- Tolerating poor performance
- Over supervising
- Imposing impossible workloads
- Focusing only on negatives
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I think you hit on one that is overlooked a lot. That is "Tolerating Poor Performance." It is amazing how managers will let this go on and on without addressing. Several times I have seen a new manager come in and get rid of someone that has been a poor performer for a very long time. The rest of the team gained respect for the manager because they all new the person had been a poor performing for a long time and now the rest of the team was motivated to perform better. The team had a better state of mind.
ReplyDeleteThe lack of motivation has an end effect on productivity. One is not a team player or a good employee if there is a lack of motivation.
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