by E.A. Paul

Created on: April 30, 2010   Last Updated: May 06, 2010

Employers need to recognize that keeping their employees motivated and happy is the best way for a successful enterprise. After all, without productive employees, the business will be effected in many negative ways. So, the question is, how does an employer keep their employees motivated and happy?

For one thing, employees need to be happy more than anything else. If they aren't happy, their work performance will suffer, and therefore their actions will have a negative effect on the company. So let's talk about how employers can make their employees happy. I do know one thing here, it's not always money that keeps employees happy. They need to feel important; that they are needed. There's nothing more that will bring down an employee's moral than not feeling wanted. The employer needs to recognize this, and find new and creative ways to keep their employees feeling wanted and needed.

To keep employees happy, there also needs to be a way for the employee to talk to upper management to vent their frustrations. The worst thing an employer can do here is to put up a suggestion box. Not only is this impersonal, but most employees will get the feeling that upper management doesn't want to talk to them. The employee has to have a way to talk to their boss without any obstructions.

What about keeping employees motivated? First, the employee has to feel good about the company and their job. If this isn't accomplished, their motivation to do a better job will suffer. The management's job here is to have one on one conversations with each and every employee to get a sense of where the employee is at with their job and the company. The old ways of keeping employees motivated with contests just doesn't work. If he employee doesn't feel good about their job or the company, all the contests in the world wont help to motivate the employee. Management has to come up with much more creative ways to keep their employees motivated. Like I said before, it isn't always money that keeps employees motivated.

Keeping employees motivated and happy boils down to just a few things here. The employee has to feel good about his/her job. There's nothing worse than an employee that is just scraping by their job just to take home a pay check. It is the management's job to make sure each and every employee is happy and satisfied. So the bottom line here rests on the employer. In order to make sure their employers are motivated and happy, the upper management has to do their part to ensure their employees are happy and satisfied with their job.

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