023 April 2022

What harms the motivation of your employees, and how to avoid it? (Part 2)

María Camacho

Solutions to your employees’ motivation problems

A demotivated employee is not irrecoverable. In fact, their mood will likely change if Human Resources and the company look for solutions. Here are some activities to motivate employees related to the problems mentioned in the previous section.

1. Designing a career development plan

To offer a professional development plan, employees’ skills must be assessed, and new responsibilities must be assigned. It is also necessary to consider whether a certain rotation is possible so that each employee gets to know the company and what his or her colleagues do better.

2. Communication is key

Effective communication needs to be both vertical and horizontal.

Horizontal relationships should be close so that all employees are aware of the company’s activities and are encouraged to participate. This will also make them less resistant to change. Vertical communication is also important. This must be fluid, and workers must see leaders as inspirational, approachable and accessible.

It is important to remember that the first element that contributes to effective communication is listening. For an employee to want to communicate, he or she must feel listened to. If they do not feel this way, they will not want to communicate with others.

3. Recognition of workers’ achievements

One of the best motivational techniques that work for any employee is recognising good work. This recognition implies positive reinforcement and will make employees feel part of the company and motivated to carry out their activities.

4. Training plan

Many workers feel stagnant because they do not receive training, so it is so important for Human Resources to design training plans.

Continuous training contributes to the advancement of professional careers by assimilating new knowledge. The knowledge that employees need to acquire will be related to the company, as procedures are constantly changing. Other skills are not related to the production process but are necessary for daily tasks such as language, leadership, etc.

5. Labour Coaching

This is the most popular technique because it is the most complete when working on motivation.

Work coaching is based on asking the worker what makes him/her uncomfortable in the work he/she does in the company. Once the employee has answered, the technique consists of asking questions and talking in which the employee himself makes an introspection to change his reality.

A motivated employee is one who will make the company grow the most.

When employees are well motivated, productivity increases and performance appraisals are a success. This means that the HR department is doing very well.

However, the HR staff must be the first to be motivated to support the rest of the company.