Article in Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce magazine July 2005
 
Straw poll at Chamber lunch shows stark reality
 
While almost every employer believes in motivating their staff very few achieve it, according to employees!

A show of hands at the Chamber lunch back in April at the Royal Cambridge Hotel gave the game away.  Although employers say it is important to motivate staff, employees just don’t feel they succeed.

So what are we doing wrong? Let me explain by comparison with our use of accountants.  Most of us draw up our own books day to day but very few would consider themselves competent to submit their accounts without an accountant ensuring best, and most advantageous, practice.  If you get it wrong it costs you money or a visit from the Revenue!

When it comes to motivating staff, most of us feel competent to manage day by day without any audit to ensure best, and most advantageous, practice.  If you get it wrong it costs you money but your staff won’t tell you.  They may quit or, worse, stay and be negative.

It’s astonishing that, in the face of all the evidence, employers are failing to regularly audit their motivation management practices.

Perhaps employers have, in the past, been dissuaded by the exotic fashionable solutions being proffered? That’s understandable but no excuse for inaction.

When will it change? If there is time, it will have to change when the competitors get it right.

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Please use this free and confidential facility – before your competitors do!