tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34866775.post6615649160502593696..comments2023-06-14T06:46:23.844-05:00Comments on Savvy Working Gal: Want to Motivate Your Employees? Appreciate ThemSavvyworkinggalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08159197609419858161noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34866775.post-36144644361471731232013-09-27T06:57:36.585-05:002013-09-27T06:57:36.585-05:00You certainly have shared a great write up. Its ab...You certainly have shared a great write up. Its absolutely correct that appreciation is the great key to motivate your employees. It is vital for business owners to understand that a firm's success and an employee's success is interlinked with one another. Happy employees makes a happy company. Every business owner should know <a href="http://www.greatmanagers.com" rel="nofollow">how to motivate employees</a>.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09799905820661335509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34866775.post-12387731691411894892012-08-11T11:43:35.904-05:002012-08-11T11:43:35.904-05:00I am motivated by being included in the decision-m...I am motivated by being included in the decision-making conversations and being shown the respect of being heard. <br /><br />It's just icing on the cake to hear that I'm the MVP and a star or the best hire my boss has ever had - that sort of thing I love to hear but honestly, I already know that. ;) <br /><br />What I want is tangible stuff - show me proof that you value my contributions by giving me a seat at every table I want a seat at and giving me entry to the doors that I wouldn't normally have entry to, and making my voice heard where it wouldn't normally be heard. <br /><br />I do know that I'm a bit more focused on that stuff than everyone else, though, and for the others, my staff and even my own boss, they love the frills even if I care less about them. <br /><br />So I celebrated their birthdays even when the company refused to pay for it. <br /><br />I would buy them a small gift (1 of me, nearly a dozen of them) and make the presentation a big deal. Give them a free 30 minute gossip break on my watch which I don't usually do. And they've co-opted the birthdays into their own thing now, so much so that I don't even need to remember them anymore - they do all the work for them. But I also do other things like Christmas gifts on top of the company sponsored parties out of my pocket as special thank you for their work.<br /><br />And whenever they have a good idea or execute well on a project, they're thanked publicly. Credit where credit is due is the mantra. <br /><br />And promotions are VERY much merit-based. As are raises. This lesson is coming home to them as they are in their first and second years in the work force as well. Promotions happen and they come to those who are the brightest and work the hardest with tangible results. Not the ones who warm seats the longest with only BS to spout. We don't have many of those and don't coddle them either. <br /><br />We're very much in the Ask A Manager school of management.Revanchehttp://www.agaishanlife.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34866775.post-34596279449776775032012-07-28T13:50:46.683-05:002012-07-28T13:50:46.683-05:00A little appreciation at work goes such a long way...A little appreciation at work goes such a long way! There's often talk about how to motivate employees, and I think management sometimes forgets what a difference it can make to communicate and appreciate. I'm glad you had a good week at work!<br /><br />Stopping by from SITS.Katie Ehttp://www.yourgirlsandboys.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34866775.post-79321416783011971742012-07-28T10:31:03.887-05:002012-07-28T10:31:03.887-05:00Yes, so true about the importance of recognizing w...Yes, so true about the importance of recognizing when people do good work! I think some managers forget how important that is! Happy Birthday! I too celebrated my 50th recently, my gosh each year goes by quicker than the last! Hope you are having a great weekend - found you on SITS.Raquelhttp://www.organizedisland.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34866775.post-51428454857101343012012-07-22T17:03:23.056-05:002012-07-22T17:03:23.056-05:00In a few months i will have worked 20 years - 20 f...In a few months i will have worked 20 years - 20 freakin' years - with and now for the same guy. There is no way it would have happened had he not been a guy who tells you when he appreciates something you've done right. He's not gushy, just straight. Thanks for doing x... it really helped. Or, take tomorrow off. You've really been at it hard ...<br /><br />It makes all the difference in the world. I have tried to remember that lesson - both with folks who work for me and mothers whom i see d looking well.webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168174623602308906noreply@blogger.com