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How to Handle When You Feel Motivation Dropping
Why wait until you feel completed unmotivated to address the situation? Personally, it makes more sense to fill-up your motivation before it’s empty. And, these five steps can ensure that that happens.
1. Let it go.
This doesn’t mean giving-up on a task permanently. It just means that sometimes you need to take a step back and refocus.
For example, instead of blankly staring at a computer screen when trying to write, let it go. Go for a walk, watch a TedTalk, read, tidy-up your office. You could even call a friend, family member, or mentor for a couple of minutes to get your mood up. It is much easier to stay up than get back up when you are down.
Taking a quick breather is a surefire way to help you recharge and refocus when you’re motivation is dropping. It may sound counterproductive, but it’s been found that taking breaks can increase productivity and fuel creativity.
Read more at:https://www.business2community.com/workplace-culture/5-steps-for-when-you-feel-motivation-dropping-02281253
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What Really Motivates Employees? Research Reveals Secrets
Unlike your parents or grandparents, you’re not motivated by a raise or promotion. Today, what really motivates employees involves a wide-range of well thought out drivers like feeling appreciated, doing meaningful work, and having a healthy work-life balance.
But, out of all of these ways to motivate employees, what really keeps them pushing forward? Here’s what research has revealed when it comes to motivating employees.
It’s Not All About the Benjamin’s
Dan Ariely, a psychology professor at Duke University and author of Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations, recounted an interesting study that took place in an Israeli semiconductor factory.
The workers received one of three messages at the start of their workweek. They would either receive a voucher for a free pizza, a $30 cash bonus, or a compliment from their stern boss if they reached a goal. However, a quarter of the factory’s employees did not receive any message since they were the control group. The results, via New York Magazine, were interesting.
“After the first day, pizza proved to be the top motivator, increasing productivity by 6.7 percent over the control group, thereby just barely edging out the promise of a compliment (in the form of a text message from the boss that said “Well done!”).”
Even more surprising, “On the second day of the workweek, those in the money condition performed 13.2 percent worse than those in the control group. This leveled out over the next several days, but for the week overall, the cash bonus ended up costing the company more and resulted in a 6.5 percent drop in productivity.”
When the study concluded, it was found that the compliment came in first place, while pizza was in second.
Read more at:https://www.business2community.com/human-resources/what-really-motivates-employees-research-reveals-secrets-02281059
Read more at:https://www.business2community.com/human-resources/what-really-motivates-employees-research-reveals-secrets-02281059
How to Handle When You Feel Motivation Dropping
Why wait until you feel completed unmotivated to address the situation? Personally, it makes more sense to fill-up your motivation before it’s empty. And, these five steps can ensure that that happens.
1. Let it go.
This doesn’t mean giving-up on a task permanently. It just means that sometimes you need to take a step back and refocus.
For example, instead of blankly staring at a computer screen when trying to write, let it go. Go for a walk, watch a TedTalk, read, tidy-up your office. You could even call a friend, family member, or mentor for a couple of minutes to get your mood up. It is much easier to stay up than get back up when you are down.
Taking a quick breather is a surefire way to help you recharge and refocus when you’re motivation is dropping. It may sound counterproductive, but it’s been found that taking breaks can increase productivity and fuel creativity.
Read more at:https://www.business2community.com/workplace-culture/5-steps-for-when-you-feel-motivation-dropping-02281253
2.
What Really Motivates Employees? Research Reveals Secrets
Unlike your parents or grandparents, you’re not motivated by a raise or promotion. Today, what really motivates employees involves a wide-range of well thought out drivers like feeling appreciated, doing meaningful work, and having a healthy work-life balance.
But, out of all of these ways to motivate employees, what really keeps them pushing forward? Here’s what research has revealed when it comes to motivating employees.
It’s Not All About the Benjamin’s
Dan Ariely, a psychology professor at Duke University and author of Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations, recounted an interesting study that took place in an Israeli semiconductor factory.
The workers received one of three messages at the start of their workweek. They would either receive a voucher for a free pizza, a $30 cash bonus, or a compliment from their stern boss if they reached a goal. However, a quarter of the factory’s employees did not receive any message since they were the control group. The results, via New York Magazine, were interesting.
“After the first day, pizza proved to be the top motivator, increasing productivity by 6.7 percent over the control group, thereby just barely edging out the promise of a compliment (in the form of a text message from the boss that said “Well done!”).”
Even more surprising, “On the second day of the workweek, those in the money condition performed 13.2 percent worse than those in the control group. This leveled out over the next several days, but for the week overall, the cash bonus ended up costing the company more and resulted in a 6.5 percent drop in productivity.”
When the study concluded, it was found that the compliment came in first place, while pizza was in second.
Read more at:https://www.business2community.com/human-resources/what-really-motivates-employees-research-reveals-secrets-02281059
Read more at:https://www.business2community.com/human-resources/what-really-motivates-employees-research-reveals-secrets-02281059
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