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    How To Motivate Employees: Getting People To Work With A Spring In Their Step Without Increasing Pay
    How To Motivate Employees: Getting People To Work With A Spring In Their Step Without Increasing Pay
    How To Motivate Employees: Getting People To Work With A Spring In Their Step Without Increasing Pay
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    How To Motivate Employees: Getting People To Work With A Spring In Their Step Without Increasing Pay

    By Shelley Holmes

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    Inspiring and motivating employees to be at their best can be made simple! Get beyond the old carrot and stick method of motivating employees if you want a team filled with people who are self-motivated, feeling good about what they are doing and providing excellent results.

    No matter your leadership level you can use these ideas to create a buzz in your team that others will notice.

    You will discover:

    * The two elements that get people out of bed and how they impact on your team performance

    * The six satisfaction factors that must be in place in any workplace in order for people to feel switched on

    * How to work with your team members to create a plan so they can be (and more importantly are inspired to be) at their best

    * An Action List that steps you through what you can do to motivate and inspire others

    * Ways to reward people so that it doesn't cause poorer performance

    * The top 10 watch-outs when it comes to rewards programs

    * What to do if the work you have on offer is inherently boring

    * How to get your people using their strengths and talents on a regular basis

    * Identifying the warning signs that you have a toxic workplace and/or people are under stress

    * The foundations to put in place to create flow and enable people to achieve peak performance in the workplace
    There are a number of activities and exercises contained within How To Motivate Employees and links to several quizzes and self-assessments which you can use to help create an action plan for inspiring your team member to want to give of their best.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherShelley Holmes
    Release dateNov 16, 2011
    ISBN9781466132955
    How To Motivate Employees: Getting People To Work With A Spring In Their Step Without Increasing Pay
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    Shelley Holmes

    Shelley Holmes founded The Centre for Breakthrough Leadership, to support organizations to apply the elements that activate high performance: personal growth of Leaders, unleashing people’s capability, healing conflicted relationships and coaching people to be self-responsible for their outcomes. What results is leadership that brings out the best in people and a sense of it being more than just a job! Her ability to serve her clients and help people perform at their best, whether in terms of personal or organizational development comes from the great diversity of projects, organizations, and situations she has dealt with in the past 20 odd years. She has had real-world experience as a Leader in several high-performance organizations and so has the ability to provide both practical and proven tips and strategies. She has worked with clients around the globe – from all manner of industries and occupations - and supports thousands of leaders through her websites (in excess of 2,000 visitors per day), writing, consulting, coaching, workshops and audio programs.

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      It’s simple, straightforward and contains the basics of motivation! Without any hesitation I recommend this book to anyone who wants to become a better leader!
      Lalith Kahatapitiya, Chairman, KIK Group, Sri Lanka.

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    How To Motivate Employees - Shelley Holmes

    How to Motivate Employees

    By Shelley Holmes

    Copyright Shelley Holmes 2009-2011

    Smashwords Edition

    Cover design by http://www.rudyisfat.com

    This ebook is licensed for your personal use only. It may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with others, please purchase an additional copy for each reader. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to smashwords.com and purchase your own copy.

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    Table of Contents

    You Cannot Motivate Others

    The Two Things That Get People Out Of Bed

    Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

    Hertzberg’s Two-Factory Theory

    Create The Environment That Enables People To Feel Inspired

    What to do if the work on offer is inherently boring

    Every Person Has A Different Motivational Trigger

    Help People To Play To Their Strengths

    Not Everyone Will Be Inspired By What You Have On Offer

    Rewards and Their Impact On Performance

    Top Tips For Creating A Motivating Environment

    Top Tips for Creating A De-Motivating Environment

    Steps To Take To Improve Employee Motivation

    Final Points

    Recommended Reading

    About/Contact Shelley Holmes

    Take Action Activities

    Which Quadrant Are You Operating From?

    Maslow/Hertzberg Reflections

    Discover What Motivates You Exercise

    Get Your Team To Work To Their Strengths

    Is Your Job Meaningful To You Exercise

    Is Your Workplace Toxic

    Action Steps To Take To Improve Employee Motivation

    Download the PDF with all the activities in this book

    Before you read this e-book – you may like to take the:

    How Motivating Is Your Work Environment? Quiz

    Who are the movers and shakers in your organization?

    Do you know the one characteristic that sets the real go-getters in your organization apart from everyone else?

    The common characteristic of the go-getters … is that these people are passionate!

    They are seen as the ‘go to’ person, which differentiates them from almost everyone else.

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