Motivating Employees

1. What is Motivation About?

Motivation is based on giving people an appropriate combination of rewards.

1.1 Employees need an awareness of the possibilities for them at work and the freedom to choose options and goals.

1.2 Most individuals need to feel they have responsibility and the power to influence results by their actions.

1.3 People have their own priorities in relation to the rewards they get from work.

• Rewards may include money, recognition, friendships, security, the challenge of new projects or a sense of doing something worthwhile and 'making a difference'.

1.4 For many people, the chance to achieve ambitions is a major motivation.