5 Ways That Employers Can Motivate Staff Better

There are a number of different ways in which you can keep morale high within your team, to ensure that you have a positive, enthusiastic group of employees all working to make the business bigger and better than before. With only 30% of people surveyed saying they felt their goals were enhancing their motivation, here are 5 ways in which you can achieve this to keep your team motivated.

Providing Childcare Vouchers

You may have employees who have young children to take care of, and making sure that childcare is sorted (and is not too costly) can be a major stressor for parents, which can inevitably then have a knock on effect on their work. It could also mean that due to a lack of childcare cover, or being unable to afford it, that these members of staff are forced to take time off work to look after their children.

One way to tackle this problem is to provide childcare vouchers to members of staff with kids, helping to alleviate some of the problems associated with arranging childcare, and helping your staff to be more productive too.

Working From Home

Another way in which you can help keep employee morale high is to provide the option of working at home if this is feasible within the field of work you are in. This can help to incentivise your workforce, especially if they would otherwise have to spend considerable amount of time in the morning and the evening commuting to and from work, helping to save them both time and money.

This will have a direct impact on the work they produce too, giving them more time to be able to focus on work rather than allocate that time on travelling to and from work.

Incentives

More and more employee engagement portals have emerged over the last few years including Perkbox and Xexec, which offer an online login for employees and where they can get access to offers and discounts for online shopping, live music concerts, clothes, holidays and more. Different bonuses are given upon reaching different stages in the company or hitting different targets have been proposed.

On a similar level, a new start up call Yu Life offers YuCoin to staff members that stay healthy, which they can trade in for discounts at high street brands and other wellbeing treatments.

Regular Bonuses & Appraisals

People like to feel appreciated, and therefore it goes without saying that having regular bonuses or appraisals in place within your workplace can help to motivate your staff to work that little bit harder.

If people know that their hard work will be taken into consideration and they will be rewarded in the longer-term, it is more likely to encourage them to take pride in their work. Moreover, if there are regular appraisals in place, this may help to ensure that you retain the staff you have already, who know their work will be monitored and achievements may be celebrated with a promotion.

Employee Awards

Similarly, another way to keep your employees happy and motivated is by implementing employee awards, to be held on a yearly basis. This gives your staff something to work towards, and can help them to be more productive.