Today’s leaders know their employees want more than to plod along in a 9 to 5 job. Some employees want to see tangible results from their efforts and expect recognition of work well done. Others want more responsibility and advancement opportunities.
Knowing what your employees expect from you is important for the success of your business. You can’t walk into your office, close the door for the day, and expect your employees to do their very best for you or your company.
If your goal is to have a successful business, employee motivation is the key to that success.
Successful leaders know their employees are their business. The importance of employee motivation through effective leadership is what makes your business standout above the rest. Employees don’t motivate themselves. It all comes down to your leadership skills.
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Below are the top 36 ways that your leadership skills will motivate your team.
- Reward good employees
- Offer career advancement
- Promote friendship and camaraderie across all levels
- Be fair and trustworthy
- Keep work interesting and challenging
- Pay what your employees are worth
- Provide employees with a pleasant workplace
- Offer opportunities for self-development of personal hobbies and skills
- Foster collaboration within your team
- Don’t punish failure
- Set clear goals for individuals and teams
- Don’t micromanage
- Avoid meetings that do not have goals
- Listen to every employee
- Be respectful
- Lead by example
- Do what you say you will do
- Demonstrate decisive actions
- Be comfortable showing emotion
- Push your employees to reach outside their comfort zone
- Don’t hesitate to say you don’t have an answer
- Don’t promote a fear mentality
- Help your team with solutions by helping them improve
- Don’t be afraid to ask your employees questions
- Get to know each team member individually
- Be available when your team needs you
- Reward your team when goals are met
- Share your company’s vision with your team
- Support new ideas
- Encourage creativity and different ways of completing a job
- Celebrate big and small successes as they occur
- Create and maintain a team spirit
- Don’t let your employees become bored
- Always show appreciation for work well done
- Job security
- Offer fringe benefits
Do you need to work on adding some of these skills to your own leadership style? Do you know other skills that leaders can benefit from?
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