Dealing with Unmotivated Employees
 

Enduring Motivation

Dealing with  unmotivated Employees

Motivating Yourself
Maximum Motivation

Success From Scratch

Lessons For Success

Success Secrets

Successful Life Choices
10 Keys to Success

Building A Better Boss

Skills of  an Effective Manager

Fortune Cookie Management

Managing Fairness
Management & Training

Unifying Leadership

4 Lesseons for Leaders

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Leadership Behind the Walls
Leadership Pitfalls

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Why Employees Perform Poorly
      Usually, when we believe that an employee is unmotivated, we base our conclusion on the quality of that person’s job performance—poor job performance equals lack of motivation. But are we correct in that assumption? After all, many things beside motivation can affect job performance. Poor job performance may be caused by a number of factors, including: one of the best of the members.

Ø  The employee doesn’t understand the expectations for performance

Ø      ØThe employee doesn’t have the time skills to meet the expectations

Ø      ØThe employee doesn’t have the time or resources to do the job properly

Ø      ØThe employee is capable of meeting expectations but isn’t motivated to do so

Ø      ØThe expectations for performance are so that nobody could meet them

Learning the Cause of the Performance Problem
      How can you discover which of these is the cause of a worker’s performance problem? The best way is to have a talk with your employee.

      Schedule a meeting with the employee in which you describe the way in which the employee is not meeting your performance expectations. Ask the employee why he or she thinks this is happening then let the employee respond. You might be surprised by what you learn. Often, employees realize that a problem exists but don’t know what to do about it, and they are relieved to have a chance to explain their side of things. The opportunity to work with you to solve the problem will in itself help strengthen the employee'’ motivation.

      As you speak with the employee, you may find that he or she might be motivated to achieve in other circumstances but is not currently in the right job. Perhaps the person, is most comfortable working independently but must now with a team, or perhaps you’re asking a team-oriented person to work alone. Perhaps the employee is overqualified and is simply not challenged by the position, or perhaps the job is beyond the employee’s skills and abilities.
      At that point, you must make a personnel decision—offer training to the employee to bring him or her up to speed, move that person to other job duties, or if there is no other alternative, terminate him or her.

Dealing with Poor Motivation
      If you have considered other alternatives and can find no reason for an employee’s poor performance, lack of motivation could be the answer. There are many reasons why an employee might  not be motivated. You can help solve some of these situations but not all of them.

What Can a Manager Do?
      As a first step toward helping an employee with low motivation, ask yourself if you are doing everything you can do as a manager to inspire motivation. Perhaps you haven’t conveyed your vision in a way tat the employee understands, or maybe you haven’t offered a reward that the employee values.   (More)
                                                                                            

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