Motivation when the end is near
Seeing as it is the end of the semester, and as much as I have enjoyed this assignment, many long term projects trail off at the end. After doing something so much, you lose some of the drive. It got me thinking about in the workplace, if you know your company is in bad shape, how do you keep people motivated if they think they could lose their jobs? They might be spurned onward to success when faced with this, but surely some will chose to do the bare minimum.
This is a tough situation. If you know someone is underperforming, threatening their job is meaningless, and reprimands will be brushed off as insignificant. The best I can think of is trying to instill a sense of urgency with team meetings and inspiration. If a manager can reinstate the fighting spirit, who knows, maybe the firm will pull through. I know there is some better suggestions out there, but I am at a loss. If I think of something, I will post a comment, but I would really enjoy it if you guys (the readers) would post on here with ideas!
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Posted by: Jessie
Posted on: May 10, 2006 04:54 PM
Actually, I just went to a talk last night given by a guy who used to own and manage a chocolate factory. On firing people, he basically thought that it would be wrong to both the company and the employee to keep the employee there. I thought it was an interesting idea.
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