An experienced HR manager knows that finding only a suitable candidate for an open job is only half the job. After completing all the jobs, the most acute question is how to motivate individual specialists and the work collective as a whole to work efficiently and efficiently?
Known today, theories offer different ways to inspire people to work feats. According to their teaching, the types of staff motivation can be:
- procedural - based on behavior;
- meaningful - based on needs.
An example of a procedural kind is the motivation for avoiding failures - when a person is moved by fear of failure, especially if other people watch or evaluate it. An example of a meaningful stimulus is the need for food, clothing, communication, etc. Material and non-material motivation.
The most effective ways to increase the efficiency of labor - directly reward it with material values. First of all, this is actually wages, as well as bonuses and bonuses. Also, they can include substantial benefits: benefits, payment of medical services or communication services, personal cars and so on.
Often the effectiveness of material incentives is reduced or insufficient. In such cases, intangible levers are involved. Arsenal of the latter is very extensive, it allows you to find an individual approach to each employee, using his personal needs. And, importantly, they are able to some extent reduce the costs of the organization. For example, non-economic methods of motivation will not require significant investments from the leadership, because they include incentives such as celebrating the employee's success, evaluating his work, career development plan.
Individual and group motivation
The best effect is achieved if HR managers manage to combine an individual and a collective approach.
Theories of staff motivation are based on psychological categories. For example, the methods of auto-training and auto-suggestion, allowing you to tune in to an active goal achievement, are called psychological motivation. If the head of the staff is able to build a system of incentives for individual employees and the collective as a whole, he will be able to create a healthy atmosphere for effective work