True motivation is the basis for all sorts of crazy achievements. It’s how babies learn to walk, how Elon Musk managed to land rockets back on Earth, and how businesses go from good to great.
But oftentimes it’s hard to articulate what motivates us.
For instance, can you really tell me what motivates you ... right now? Not just what gets you up out of bed. But what makes you feel alive, bigger than yourself, ready to dive into something regardless of how hard it is because you believe in it?
It’s even harder to articulate what motivates others.
But in People Operations (People Ops, or POPS) understanding what motivates our workforce is our raison d’etre. The extent to which we can extricate true motivators, and adjust our places of business to nurture such motivations, can be the difference between a company that “gets by” and a company that defines the next era.
That’s because when a company brings together a group of people who are authentically motivated, amazing things happen. Synergies happen. People become engaged in their work and bring on bigger challenges to achieve greater outcomes.
In fact, engaged workers are found to be 43 percent more productive (Murlis and Schubert 2001), and drive 21 percent more profit to their employers (Smarp 2019), while unengaged workers lose businesses money. A lack
of motivation among workers has been shown to lose businesses $300 billion each year due to downtime, mistakes, and extra management (Gaille 2017).
This eBook is designed to:
1. Educate you on various models of motivation
2. Introduce the concept of an employee motivation matrix
3. Provide you with a framework for calculating the costs of employee engagement
By the end of this book we hope you’ll be able to articulate theories of motivation more easily, see pathways to operationalize them in your company, and calculate the cost impacts of an engaged vs. unengaged workforce.
Let’s start with looking at various models of motivation. Click the link below to begin.
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