Key points for motivating your employees by American Express' Open Forum:
- Hire people with a high level of self-motivation and convey goals of your business.
- Do little things in your work environment that shows you appreciate your employees. Not everyone is motivated by money. A small business owner in NY, Dixon Schwabl, writes encouraging post-it notes to her employees every Friday and holds ice cream Thursdays.
- Don't wait for review time to reward an employee's performance with a pay increase.
- Share sales goals and involve employees in important decisions.
- Schedule regular talk times with employees to improve communication (outside the work environment, if possible). Regular feedback is crucial.
- Don't use fear as a motivator.
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