employees

Motivate negative employees 

“Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.”

– Proverb

A happy workforce can make wonders in your business. But, what if, some of your team members aren’t performing at their best. It can affect the overall goals of your business, right.

So what is the solution to this issue of motivating negative employees?

As a manager, you have to learn to deal with an underperforming employee by offering a daily dose of motivation.

Now, the next question will be, How to motivate employees? If you are a leader or manager who is looking for effective ways to motivate staff members, your search ends here. This article reveals a few useful and efficient techniques to motivate your people.

The only difference between a good day and a bad day is your attitude. The choice is always yours.

– Dennis Brown.

Ways to motivate negative employees

• Create a friendly work environment

The first thing you should do to motivate your staff is making a change in the environment. If the office is always pressure and tension-filled, people get bored quickly. So, you need to pump energy through the office. Here are five tips on how to create a friendly work environment.

• You can arrange a foosball table or ping pong table.
• The office can provide free food and drink.
• Install a TV in a ‘chill-out’ area.
• You can include plants, decorations and more to create a more nature-friendly atmosphere.

All these things will surely give your office a new look and help employees to release stress.

• Appreciate employees for their achievements

Thanking and praising employee’s hard work is one of the best ways to motivate an employee. You acknowledge his effort in front of other employees by presenting small gifts and tokens of attitude.

• Have a suggestion box

Every employee has different suggestions and ideas. If you listen to them, they will feel more valued and inspired to get the job done. If there is a suggestion box in your office, employees can put their suggestions in anonymously, and you can act on the ideas.

• Create a room for career progression

Every employee wants to advance in an organization. You can give your employees new responsibilities and opportunities to progress up into a different role. This way, your employees feel your company want them to progress a lot more in their career.

• Show them the bigger picture

Another essential tip to motivate your employee is to show them how what they are doing now will eventually contribute to an end goal. Make sure they understand how the tasks and projects you give fits into the big picture.

• Let them get out of the comfort zone

Most of the employees get bored of doing a specific task over and over again. So lead them the way to step out of the comfort zone and learn new tasks and challenges. It will help you build a better tomorrow.

We know that no manager wants to have to deal with performance issues. Now you know very well how to motivate your employees using these five easy steps. I trust that it will help you better equipped to deal with negative attitudes professionally and positively. If you consistently motivate your employees, you are sure to experience a higher amount of success.

“If you are positive, you’ll see opportunities instead of obstacles.”

– Widad Akrawi