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Motivation and leadership聽Retaining and motivating staff

Companies can motivate employees to do a better job with incentives such as increased pay or improved working conditions. Motivational theories suggest ways to encourage employees to work harder.

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Retaining and motivating staff

It is important that staff stay motivated at work. Motivated staff will lead to:

  • increased
  • lower absenteeism
  • higher quality production
  • lower
  • better reputation
Ambulance staff at training session
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Training staff and improving their skills can help keep them motivated

If a company鈥檚 employees are motivated they will be more likely to apply themselves.

If workers are motivated they will take a greater pride in their work which will result in a higher quality product or service.

Employees who are motivated will be less likely to leave the company which means less time and money will be spent on recruiting and retraining new staff.

It is the role of the manager to ensure that employees within the organisation are motivated. There are several methods a manager can use to achieve this. These can be divided into:

  • financial methods
  • non-financial methods
Methods of motivation can be divided into financial (profit share, salary, bonus) and non-financial methods (promotion, fringe benefits e.g. company car, staff training)
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Financial and non-financial methods of motivation