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Motivating people at work is quite a difficult thing to achieve. The correct actions are simple in themselves, but choosing which of the vast range of possible actions to implement, is complicated.
The right action depends on the organization culture, the work content, the individual’s aspirations and, of course, the desired behaviour.
One thing that is never wrong, however, is a daily note of achievement.
Everybody should know, at the end of each day, whether they’ve had a good day today.
How well does your organization do this?
To make the day’s work even more motivating, the note of achievement should be under the control of the individual.
Nothing is more de-motivating than having a computer printout shoved under your nose showing how badly you did yesterday!
Does your organization use individual records of achievement?
We recommend that, in addition to these individual records for day to day discussion, a centrally compiled record is also made.
This should not be done secretly but used for the occasional audit to ensure the veracity of the individual record. All part of good record keeping practice.
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Our first Great Leader article is based on Lord Nelson. He was a fascinating man with great leadership ability.