Best employee motivation
There is a ton of theoretical articles about employee motivation. So if someone talks to you about motivation possibly you first think of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and this is OK. I just want to present one interesting and very personal point of motivation - your chef.
Surprised? Let me explain why your boss is a very important part of your personal motivation and how one good supervisor should look like to my eyes.
At first, I think every direct supervisor is some kind of person you subliminal see as someone who is professionally better than you. At least at the beginning every supervisor is. If this fealing of professional advantage and respect to boss holds on you stay motivated employee.
How bosses looses respect and demotivate
Many supervisors shows sometimes that they did not understand what their team do. Some of them goes further they show even that they are not good in doing their own things. In worst case, such boss is so underdeveloped in his methodologies, that with his doing or not doing he slows down or relatives the work of his team. Such boss looses respect in hours and is frustrating for all.
If such situation occurs, no further achievement can be awaited from the stuff. All office parties, and Christmas presents are senseless. They can’t motivate. Even such things like further education can not motivate for more achievements, employee would see it as a chance to live that office or department.
Top 6 properties of motivating boss
So the message is, everyone needs professional boss. I just notice some of them in following:
- Good supervisor should never forget what he has assured to his employee, because employee does not forget it too
- Good supervisor has also not to forget important work relevant things, like planed holidays of his employees, or meetings with them - never.
- Good supervisor has to organise things in his department well. He should organise his own tasks first and task of his team, that employee has not to worry about things that are not in his direct or even indirect duties. Being engaged in things which are were not intended at the moment of application for employment is very frustrating. Doing things for other is frustrating even for own boss
- Every boss is interested that new employees begin with their work as soon as possible . The are companies, in that processes of employment and introduction to work environment are not clearly defined. This is an example field, where the boss can gain much respect at least in the eyes of new employees.
- Good boss defines processes in his department by himself and not just follows some randomly originated workflows.
- Good motivating chef has to be better than you. I mean he has to be better by doing something job related. In good situation your boss is good in organisation, motivation, and knows at least something what you do at work :). Your lucky when your can ask your boss even professional or technical question. That must be a dream boss in that case.
- Motivating chef has always more information from above and from bottom, he is open-minded and communicative person. He can organize his information input and what is much important, he is internally interested to be involved in things that are happened around him.
- Finely only motivated person, can motivate others.
Tags: employee motivation, management, motivation
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