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Much has been written about Employee Retention and about Motivation. But most of what has been written has been written in terms of the average employee. In fact, if you are measured at all by your company in this area, it's almost always a measurement of employee retention. But all turnover is not bad turnover, so a retention measurement is actually a false measurement of how you're hiring and firing practice helped the company.
So back to the question. How do you keep and motivate the best employees that you've hired? All human beings have basic needs that must be met, starting with food and shelter. So it's obvious that you must pay a fair wage and provide adequate benefits or people won't be able to stay with you. But once the basic needs are met, does it require more money or more elaborate benefits packages to keep the best employees?
In reality, neither are truly required.
Pay and benefits only go so far, and the best employees, the intelligent, self motivated, team oriented, results oriented employees are not out to squeeze the last dollar from their employers. The best employees have other needs that must be met and the good news is that you, their manager can meet these needs yourself.
Recent studies of highly motivated employees show that once their basic needs are met that other factors keep them motivated and interested in their jobs. Here are the 12 questions that the best employees want to be answered:
1. Do I know what is expected of me at work?
2. Do I have the materials and equipment I need to do my work
right?
3. At work, do I have the opportunity to do what I do best
every day?
or
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Category: ManagementKeeping and Motivating the Best Employees : business to business was written by:Author:mikeal whitemoreAdded: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:38:21 -0400 This Article Has Been Read 300 times View all mikeal whitemore's articlesAbout the Author: Mikeal Whitemore talk about the best way to manage business to business project, business management, leadership in project, business school to improve management skills. Mike is a new profesor of HEC,Montreal, and owner of Business to Business Management project with terminal year alumni. You can learn about hundreds of article sites in business management. |
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