Employee Motivation In The Workplace

Is Motivation Really Motivation All of us are born with motivation. It is an intrinsic part of who we are. In fact all of us have our own unique style of motivation and are driven by it each day. However, pop-psychology with the complicit sales training industry, has taken it upon themselves to decide what is and what is not motivation, all of which is based upon biased research. All of us have paid for this confusion, but mangers and employees especially so, since managment expects emotionally induced seminars to generate sustainable life changes within their employees. These seminars are costly and generate temporary results. What they have done is confused enthusiasm for motivation. So what is enthusiasm? Enthusiasm is defined as emotionally explosive eagerness; rapturous intensity; intense conviction or worthiness, fervor or zeal. It is a temporary emotion. Temporary in the sense that it can only be sustained for a brief period of time until it is either replaced by another emotion or a sustained feeling. Think for a moment about how long can you sustain laughter, or how long can a temper tantrum last? For how long can you cry? How long can you sustain being excited or thrilled? That is why you can go to any number of so called "motivational seminars" get really "pumped" only to have that enthusiasm and energy fade away after just a few days. What you are really experiencing at such seminars is a form of social hysteria, albeit in a positive form but nevertheless very transient.  What these events should be called is "Enthusiasm Seminars". Employee Motivation One of the main areas where motivation becomes a subject of contention and confusion is the workplace. It often starts with the gross profit numbers. Profits are down and a company looks internally for the cause. Upper management gets leaned on and squeezes middle management who then pressures lower management who in turn accuse employees of not having enough motivation.The solution is usually a motivational seminar, workshop, or other program to get everyone fired up and back up to peak performance. Thus, motivation is treated as if it were a skill one can learn. However, with such training, a downward spiral soon begins that is fraught with confusion, distress, and self sabotage. As explained earlier, programs such as an "Motivational (Enthusiasm) Seminars" have only temporary effects. You can only sustain your enthusiasm for just so long. Inevitability your enthusiasm wanes. When this happens you'll typically ask yourself: "What's wrong with me?" Doubt, and a lack of confidence follows and the stress builds. Does this sound familiar to you? Understand that there is nothing wrong with you and there is nothing to fix. You are actually behaving normally. The problem lies with our culture's inaccurate understanding of motivation. Motivation is not a learned skill. It is naturally present. It is the expression of your state of "being". Natural motivation is the energy that compels you to leave your bed each morning. It's a deep seated, propelling need to express your unique existence to the world. Anyone who teaches that motivation is a "learned skill of doing", demonstrates a lack of understanding of the basic function of motivation. This is the reason why so many people are confused about motivation and why pop-psychology continues to design inherently flawed testing methods, books, seminars, and workshops which sadly point people down the wrong path. Having said that, some people will still find value in these materials but usually as a catalyst unique to them. Westernized cultures (Particularly Americans), live in a capitalistic society that cannot afford to define motivation as simply a state of "being". That is why Motivational Gurus, do not use Mother Teresa as an example of what it means to be motivated even though she is a fine example of natural, authentic motivation. From their perspective, there is simply no profit to be had in using her as an example of what it truly means to be motivated. The Solution to Employee Motivation in the Workplace The answer to employee motivation in the workplace is natural and always effective. Simply put, if you enjoy what you do for work, there is no need to seek out motivation because it is already present. If any professional feels the need to attend a "Motivational Seminar," they should seriously consider another profession. Imagine for a moment that your surgeon is running late to your pre-surgery consultation because he or she has yet to return from a "motivational seminar". How might you feel? For that matter, what might you do? Would you still go under the knife? Motivation comes naturally to each of us from a deep level within. No one should have to go out and find their motivation. Your motivation is not somewhere out there, it's intrinsic, It's within you. Ask yourself why plumbers, carpenters, electricians, doctors, computer technicians, and in fact most professionals do not have a desperate need to attend motivational seminars in order to get fired up to do their job. The real secret to all this, is to discover the exact style of motivation you already posses. It is as if, you were given a unique set of prescription glasses through which you see a reality all your own. It is this prescription which dictates how you should live life and what career you should pursue. Discovering it and learning how it guides you is vital in creating meaningful, sustainable change in your personal and business life. It is through discovering who employees are at their very core that management will be able to generate natural and effective motivation in the workplace. Managers who discover their own natural style of motivation as well as that of their employees, are capable of building dynamic, highly productive and profitable teams where everyone has a greater sense of fulfillment and sustained cooperation. Management will also know which projects should be delegated to which individuals in order to attain the highest level of productivity. Each person will be able to maximize their self-expression with each project, completely by-passing the typical, costly debating and negotiating process. No longer will ego-battles slow down production and cause inner-office struggle. This is the future of business. 2009-07-23T01:32:07Z

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Employee motivation is often a subject of contention. The solution is usually a motivational seminar, or workshop to get everyone fired up. Thus, motivation is treated as if it were a skill one can learn, and therein lies the problem.

Employee Motivation In The Workplace

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