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Last month we asked you to send examples of behaviour that severely reduced your motivation to work. Thank you for your amazing response!
Some of the examples were so astonishing we had to confirm the stories!
We have selected our three worst examples and have paraphrased them to ensure anonymity for the contributors.
Number One – failure to investigate work related health issues
After an absence of several months diagnosed as work related stress, the employer simply welcomed the person back to work.
There was no attempt to investigate the reasons for the stress, therefore no attempt made to mitigate the causes and little or no sympathy with the sufferer.
Number Two – failure to communicate clearly
In this example the person’s manager believed that the person was trying to undermine him. No matter what the cause, there was a complete breakdown in normal communication.
The situation became so tense that the manager would come up very close to the person when alone and make a low guttural growl right in the person’s face.
This did nothing to improve communication!
Number Three – inequitable treatment
This person became aware that another employee seemed to be “favoured”. Whenever opportunities arose, rewards were available or training was possible, this favoured person was always first in the queue.
It is very difficult, if not impossible, to maintain your motivation when you believe that your reward has no relationship to your performance.
Of course you agree that all these examples are astonishingly bad and nothing like it happens in your organisation!
Next month we return to our preferred stance and look again in a positive light.
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