Each of us has a situation when you do not want to work at all. You can blame this for stress, depression, energy imbalance and magnetic storms. But sometimes the blame for everything is the lack of motivation to work.
What is the motivation for work?
Perhaps not everyone will understand what is at stake. After all, we get money for work, what kind of motivation is there? But wages are the first point in the system of material motivation of workers' labor. And there are still methods of non-material motivation of personnel. And at the enterprise these species should coexist harmoniously. After all, it's impossible for anyone to work for a long time in the company just for the sake of a wonderful team or a good salary.
Simply put, the motivation for work is the set of incentives that motivate us not only to go to work every morning, but also to work with maximum benefit to the company. Let's talk about each type of work motivation in more detail.
The system of material motivation of labor
This kind of material stimulation of labor behavior is divided into direct and indirect motivation of labor activity.
- In fact, direct material motivation is a system of payment for a particular enterprise. And, the employee's salary must contain a variable part (albeit not very large), which is affected by the results of the work. Thus, the employee will know that he is able to influence the level of his income. If the salary consists of one salary, then the desire to work harder in a person can arise only on the basis of interest in the profession or collective, but without proper encouragement, enthusiasm will soon disappear.
- The system of indirect material motivation is more known under the name "social package". There is a list of compensations that the employer must provide to the employee (leave, sick pay, medical and pension insurance). But the company in order to increase motivation can include additional items in the social package. For example, free (preferential) lunches, places in kindergarten, payment of additional pensions to a well-deserved employee of the company, payment of additional education for employees, delivery of employees by official transport, etc.
System of non-material motivation of labor activity
As mentioned above, some financial incentives will not be able to keep an employee in the company, you need something more than money. Many managers are surprised to note that the interest of employees depends more on other factors than on wages and social package. These can be incentives such as:
- providing a convenient work schedule (many creative people are more comfortable with the project work system, rather than a clear routine schedule);
- creating a comfortable microclimate in the team (competent work of a psychologist);
- ensuring career development of employees;
- the mention of the name of the employee in the project executed by him;
- provision of a parking place near the office;
- conducting internal professional competitions with the awarding of diplomas;
issue of a corporate newspaper with a story about the achievements of employees and congratulations on the general (February 23, March 8, New Year) and personal (birthday, wedding day) holidays; - holding corporate holidays;
- providing additional vacation days for a successful job
- creation of conditions for creative realization of employees.
And of course you need to remember that the system of motivation of work must meet the conditions of the market, which the competent employer must take into account. Plus, and about the timely improvement of the motivation of labor is not worth forgetting.