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Business motivation
The ability of a company to keep its employees involved and with their maximum performance, to achieve the business objectives that have been set by the organization.
Currently, many scientific studies are beginning to disclose psycho-social aspects that are changing the beliefs we had about motivation and professional performance.
The conclusions of studies such as those by Sam Glucksberg (Princeton University), Dan Ariely (Duke, MIT) or Bernd Irlenbusch published by authors such as Daniel H. Pink remind us that companies are responsible for creating the necessary environments for employees to develop in environments where they can give the best of themselves and find the motivation that lead them to develop professionally.
We must begin to relativize the simplistic point of view that a bonus or a commission will get a professional to achieve a goal, since these scientists show that these conditioning factors work in some circumstances, but what we need is to sharpen conceptual skills such as thinking or creativity (all those that cannot be automated) will need much more than a monetary reward.
Setting and measuring goals that the employee is able to achieve or exceed will promote their commitment and affiliation
It is no longer enough to reward someone, but we must ensure that other skills related to intuition or creativity are developed in companies. This type of intrinsic motivations have the power that a person can develop even beyond their own limits or what they themselves thought, but organizations are responsible for generating an environment, a culture, processes that do not not paralyze but rather boost talent and let it flow.
The influence of positive feedback
Many studies have verified the effectiveness of feedback in aspects such as teaching or sports. Also in the business sphere, both with our customers and with our employees, feedback -especially positive feedback- has a motivating and implicating power that we should not miss out on.
The new keys to Engagement
If we aim to cultivate effective engagement in contemporary professional environments, we must refrain from employing outdated methods from the 1960s and instead act in accordance with the latest principles for fostering commitment and motivation.
Do you help your employees to give the best of themselves?
Embrace science to uncover the evolving methods for motivating teams to become more productive. Many traditional approaches to motivation are no longer effective. Organizations must adopt new strategies to ensure that employees are willing to give their best.
