Skilled and talented staff can make a huge difference in your business. Aside from the constant flow of outstanding output, they also tend to brim with enthusiasm that can uplift everyone else around them.
However, it’s not easy to stay motivated. Sometimes, a tough week or certain projects not going well can take the wind out of your sails – and those of your remote team’s.
Fortunately, experts have found six simple ways for boosting workplace motivation at any given time or day.
Let’s take a look.
Recognise Employee Contribution
Most employers focus on rewarding the more visible achievers leading the pack, and that’s understandable. However, let’s not forget to give credit to the silent workers as well. After all, behind every superstar is one or two support staff quietly holding them up and they should be acknowledged too.
Silent workers are severely underrated, especially if they’re not the type to talk openly about what they accomplished. Hence, it’s your job as an employer to seek them out and give them the recognition they deserve. Trust me, recognising every employee’s contribution goes a long way.
Celebrate Results
Remote teams tend to set clear and measurable goals. This makes it easy to check on their progress, particularly how near everyone is to the finish line. The end result is important, sure, but it also helps to mark and celebrate other milestones that your distributive teams accomplish on the way there.
This way, your remote workers feel more confident and motivated to accomplish more. Thus, by highlighting what they’ve achieved so far, you’re basically illuminating the next steps ahead.
Model Desired Behaviour
Employees tend to mirror their bosses. If you sulk during meetings, chances are, your remote teams will feel uneasy and unmotivated. Hence, if you want an enthusiastic and committed team, strive to stay upbeat and purposeful when you interact with your team members.
It also helps to cultivate an engaged and engaging workplace. Ask how your staff are doing, share something interesting, or simply listen attentively whenever they come to you for comments or advice. Remote workers usually find it easier to work in environments where laughter and joy come naturally. After all, happy employees tend to deliver more productive and creative work.
Provide Transparency and Clarity
Unmotivated employees are usually confused and lost. They’re no longer sure what’s expected of them and what they’re doing wrong.
To lead them back into the fold, so to speak, be transparent with them and let them know what they need to improve on. If you want to take it further, you can even get them into mentorship programs in your workplace, if that’s an option. Otherwise, you may also want to re-examine their roles and check for any ambiguities so you can address them.
Offer Consistent Rewards
We’re not talking about cash incentives (though these can be good if you have the budget for them). Small yet consistent rewards are more than enough.
For example, you can have weekly or monthly acknowledgements for exemplary team members. You can even send care packages to their home addresses or perhaps gift vouchers via email. There are a lot of things you can do to show your appreciation for their hard work. The trick is to keep it consistent, so that they can be motivated to maintain their performance levels as well.
Have Fun
Fun and work may seem incongruous, but they don’t have to be. When you empower everyone on your team and give them enough room to do their best, you’re actually giving them opportunities to perform well.
In turn, this makes it easier for them to find more joy in their work. Furthermore, so long as everyone is carrying out their tasks well, a bit of cheery banter every now and then ought to keep the mood light and fun.
Remote Staff has been providing Australian businesses and entrepreneurs with skilled remote workers from the Philippines since 2007. So if you’re looking for highly motivated and talented people to join your distributed teams, you’re on the right platform.
Call us today or schedule a call back and let’s get started.
Serena has been working remotely and writing content for the better part of the last decade. To date, she's written for Pepper.ph and Mabuhay Magazine, among others, and has churned out more than a thousand articles on everything from The Basics of Stock Market Investing to How to Make Milk Tea-Flavored Taho at home. Hermits, aspiring hermits, and non-hermits with interesting project propositions may email her at serena.estrella10@gmail.com.
