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How Important Is Motivation In The Workplace?
Asked by Brownie2010
How has being movtiated or not if the case may be effected you and the organisation?
Asked by Brownie2010
How has being movtiated or not if the case may be effected you and the organisation?
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Best Answer:
its the key! if your motivated and happy you do the work to the best of your ability instead of just doing it because you have to. Changes your attitude wich effects customer relations. If your motivated you can get more accomplished in a shorter amount of time, giving you more time to focus on other tasks as well. "Time is money" etc. etc. etc.
Family owns 3 Companies...and one on the way.
Answered by Lek
its the key! if your motivated and happy you do the work to the best of your ability instead of just doing it because you have to. Changes your attitude wich effects customer relations. If your motivated you can get more accomplished in a shorter amount of time, giving you more time to focus on other tasks as well. "Time is money" etc. etc. etc.
Family owns 3 Companies...and one on the way.
Answered by Lek
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If I don't feel motivated, I either get less done or I get cranky about doing the work. That is not good for the organization. But, I have a job that mostly motivates me, so that is seldom a problem.
Answered by jboatright57
Answered by jboatright57
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essential - otherwise your in the wrong job
Answered by JD
Answered by JD
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Motivation is such an important factor, but as long as everyone is set to the Internet, who cares?
Answered by lindo gatito
Answered by lindo gatito
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I think motivation is key. If you are not engaged in the task you are doing; if you don't care about it, or don't find it interesting, then chances are, you won't want to do it properly.
It is a poor company who does not care about the motivation of its staff. I have suffered this in previous jobs, where I felt completely undervalued and underchallenged in my role, and as a result, I could not wait to get out of it.
Answered by gruffalo
Answered by gruffalo
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I think that motivation is super important. I will waste so much time if I am not motivated. However, I think that HOW you are motivated is more important. If I feel appreciated it is a positive motivation. If I feel like I am going to potentially fired it is a negative motivation.
I probably went into that too much. :)
Answered by ottoe57
Answered by ottoe57
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VERY IMPORTANT, with no motivation the job doesnt get done, that simple.
Answered by nanners040477
Answered by nanners040477
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It is important I guess? But it should be self motivation. Ever walk into a walmart and see the employees standing in a group all clapping and chanting some weird Walmart theme group motivational crud? How embarrassing it must be for them.
Sales people rally themselves into that mindset. I honestly believe it just makes them look weird to those of us who don't require a boot in the ass to do our jobs?
I always do what I am there to do and to get paid to do what I do. Too much happy peppy employee group hug and catch me if I fall backward psychobabble crap is just creepy to me.
Answered by Papeversomniferum
Answered by Papeversomniferum
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Very important. When I give my safety meetings, I also give a motivational right afterwards. It helps keep my employees focused on their job, and gives them a sense of pride.
Answered by john b
Answered by john b
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don't worry be HAPPY life is to short
Answered by john boy -1
Answered by john boy -1
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... im generally motivated at work unless im feeling under the weather that day and i get alot done usually ... the problem with motivation is other people .... i feel i do my work + clean up after the babies ... the company would make more sales/man hour if everyone was motivated ... but alot has to be said about how companies treat their employees and train them also ...
Answered by smack
Answered by smack
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If you are not motivated, and don't get the job done that you are paid to do, you could lose your job. I wouldn't keep deadbeats employed at my company. I need people that are interested in their job, do their job and is an asset to my company and they are well paid for it too with good benefits
Answered by sissybug
Answered by sissybug
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As important as it is in school, VERY!
Answered by Mind*Soul
Answered by Mind*Soul
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Not only motivated, you must make your employees feel appreciated and recognize them for even small contributions to the company's success. Motivation is key. Each business have a unique hot-botton.
Answered by Susan V
Answered by Susan V
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very imp. , but u need clout to get promotion !!!
Answered by BHANU V. RAVAL
Answered by BHANU V. RAVAL
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i am not sure if it is motivation or passion to net work!
this here is a job /career i could care regaurdless what happends to it! but i wont my own company like the one i work for so networking is cool!
Answered by ♫ Mad Luv ♫
Answered by ♫ Mad Luv ♫
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very, it makes 4 a happier work place.
Answered by jo w
Answered by jo w
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You know what they say. If a pretty poster and a cute saying are all it takes to motivate you, you probably have a very easy job. The kind robots will be doing soon.
Answered by wcreevy
Answered by wcreevy
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very important
Answered by chittu kutty
Answered by chittu kutty
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I was going to answere but I cant be bothered
Answered by fizz
Answered by fizz
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Motivation is important but some things are better motivation factors that others. Money is not a good one. It is expensive and the effect only lasts a short while. Job satisfaction is good, recognition of effort is good. This is why a lot of car manufacturers are going away from the production line idea where on guy spends all day putting one part on and tightening two screws. There is no job satisfaction as you don't see any end product. They are now setting up teams who assemble a complete engine fit a a body so that the team can see a complete job done
Answered by Maid Angela
Answered by Maid Angela
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In inverse proportion of how much you need a salary to live, or how good are your earnings... Money is my best motivation to work.
Answered by tlahtopil
Answered by tlahtopil
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i dont know. cant be arsed to find out. its someone else,s job lol
Answered by gary267602
Answered by gary267602
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very important in a work place.
this will get you higher in the work place.
Answered by whirlwind
Answered by whirlwind
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if you dont have motivation, yo udont get anything done. simple really
Answered by Dan G
Answered by Dan G
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being motivated is the key to a successful life of work. if there is no motivation there is no desire to do well, to please your boss/colleagues or even to turn up. having unmotivated colleagues is the worst. the lack of motivation is contageous and the workplace suffers immediately.
Answered by fabs
Answered by fabs
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Let me put it this way. When the boss hired you, he/she was thinking,"How can this person put some coin in my pocket?" If you can't do that for him/her,then you're going to be on the outside looking in.
Answered by saulg21
Answered by saulg21
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It would take a nude George Clooney with a big cream bun and a lifetime's supply of red wine to motivate to like my job these days. So I guess my answer is - don't bother with motivation just pay more.
Answered by Anne K T
Answered by Anne K T
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It's hugely important. If you hate your job, your office and your workmates, you're going to do as little as possible. If you work in a place with a good atmosphere where you feel appreciated, you'll give 100%.
Another thing I don't understand is why companies try to hire you for as little money as possible when they are making millions. The more money you make, the happier you are, the more likely you are to stay and give your all.
Answered by robbief1999
Answered by robbief1999
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Extremely important, but it is usually a result of having standards and a drive to succeed in the first place. With liberals in the workplace, they are looking for more coffee breaks, more handouts and pay for doing no or sloppy work..at least that is how I have seen most of them for the past few decades.
Answered by The Boot
Answered by The Boot
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My last employment had a serious lack of motivation from the top all the way down. If the management/owners are not motivated I am not motivated. If I am not motivated I could care less whether the company succeeds or not. Motivation can make the difference between being just a paycheck or being a career that you care about and want to succeed at. If the employees care about the job and want to succeed then the business benefits.
Answered by momofmodi
Answered by momofmodi
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Very important.. We gotta feel motivation!
Answered by mbenetx
Answered by mbenetx
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When I am not motivated, I just don't want to be in the atmosphere at all, and I think it brings down others around you.
Answered by "tre-double"
Answered by "tre-double"
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If you are not motivated your job will suffer and so will the organization. Motivation is a key part of getting a job done and done well.
Answered by Donna
Answered by Donna
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it's essential. unfortunately, the drive for most folk is capital. this is why lenin's shoddy adaptation of marxism failed in the 20th c. ussr. no matter how hard people busted ace, they didn't make mo money. ergo, they slacked ad nauseum.
Answered by inri1968
Answered by inri1968
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VERY! thats exactly why im at work answering your ? here right now at work. incentives and motivational tools need to be in place for a succesful business. w/out motivation you will get the bare minimum required from your employees
Answered by Brian H
Answered by Brian H
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Very important i ate my job because i dont like it and the environment is huggggggggggrrrrrrr so find somethign that you enjoy first.
Answered by zana707
Answered by zana707
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motivation comes in second behind dependability
Answered by kjude1960
Answered by kjude1960
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I think it's really important. If you're around people who are slacking off and doing nothing, it would make you want to do the same. Well, it would make me want to at least.
Answered by Kt
Answered by Kt
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I don't agree with any of the comments, except one. Motivation is a stage of emotion, whether you feel like doing it or not, you still have to do it. There might be days that you need a reason to do a job, and there might be other days that you feel excited about a certain task or job. The main role we play is as workers, workers are meant to produce. A job should'nt be depend on our emotional stage.
Answered by Believer in Christ
Answered by Believer in Christ
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If you don't feel motivated,change your career,and find something you like doing,then you will feel motivated.It isn't always easy though.
Answered by Queeny
Answered by Queeny
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very important
Answered by pooks l
Answered by pooks l
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Very important, if you don't have motivation then you don't perform your job as well
Answered by ;ayla
Answered by ;ayla
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I dunno...I usually nap and play on the puter to look busy....yawn!!!
Answered by equipmentandstuff
Answered by equipmentandstuff
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if you are not motivated you are not employed very long. When you are motivated the organization benefits and you in turn also benefit (keep your job)
Answered by Patti T
Answered by Patti T
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If you aren't motivated, you won't do a very good job. If employees don't feel appreciated, they won't be motivated and the company suffers. There needs to be something to be motivated about other than constant threats and stuff, a incentive to do well
Answered by reallyfedup
Answered by reallyfedup
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That should have been an interview question LOL
Answered by Karrien Sim Peters
Answered by Karrien Sim Peters
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Very impotant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Answered by xochelsxo16
Answered by xochelsxo16
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Ask any person who is successful in whatever he or she is doing what motivates him/her, and very likely the answer will be "goals". Goal Setting is extremely important to motivation and success. So what motivates you? Why are you in college? If you are in college because that's what your parents want, you may find it difficult to motivate yourself. Sure, it's possible to succeed with someone else providing the motivation for you. ("If you graduate from college, I'll give you a car!" or worse "If you don't graduate from college, you won't get a car.") But motivation that comes from within really makes the difference.
Certainly, you need some intelligence, knowledge base, study skills, and time management skills, but if you don't have motivation, you won't get far. Think about this analogy. You have a car with a full tank of gas, a well-tuned engine, good set of tires, quadraphonic CD system, and a sleek, polished exterior. There it sits. This car has incredible potential. (Have you heard that before?) However, until a driver sits behind the wheel, puts the key in the ignition, and cranks it up, the car doesn't function. You guessed it; the KEY is MOTIVATION.
Interest is an important motivator for a student. So is a desire to learn. When you link these two things together, you create success. Often success in an endeavor leads to more interest and a greater desire to learn, creating an upward spiral of motivation toward a goal you have established.
So be honest with yourself. Are you genuinely interested in being in college? Have you set realistic goals for yourself? How can you develop the internal motivation that really counts? When it comes to motivation, KNOWING is not as important as DOING.
Answered by peter m
Answered by peter m
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Motivation is the most critical of factors in a productive work environment. (Note, I said productive work environment, not "in productive employees." If you are a manager or employer, do not exclude yourself from this equation, as most do, thinking that the problem is always the lowly employee. I have seen many instances of good, honest people being driven to complete non-productivity by a hapless employer or manager. Wherein a incapable employee has the power to make their job unproductive, an incapable employer has the power to make all jobs unproductive. The poison apple, as it were.)
I have managed. I have been managed. In either case, I have found that the most sucessful business relationships (no, not with your clients - with your STAFF!) come from treating each person as you would want to be treated. This means each person is treated like a competent, logical, decent, hardworking human being.
Now, some employees may not be competent. Some may not be logical. Some may not be hardworking. But my experience has long found that when people are genuinely cared for, and treated with respect, that they all meld into good, decent, caring workers. In fact, my personal experience has been that by the simple act of treating people like PEOPLE, the creation of a happy, productive, suppportive team of hardworking people becomes effortless.
I took over management of a technical college program. Prior to my takeover, the staff was divided, plotting, and just plain mean. It was deemed ok to talk behind backs, be unsupportive, and generally only give what you wanted.
In time, with good, honest people, I created a team. A genuine, honest to goodness team! They would work late to help each other with projects. They would cover for each other as needed, happily. They were supportive of the smallest or largest request. They were good guys.
Yes, there were outsiders, but eventually this spirit of genuine caring took over, was infectious. After all, who wants to work in an environment of pettiness.
I remember one time in particular. A teacher had come to me and stated that someone had left something critical in a classroom - couldn't remember which one. My guys were working on different projects, some getting their lunch, taking a break, etc. I walked up to them and asked for their help to search. They all got up instantly, said "Let's do this!" and proceeded to take care of business.
Seems like a small thing, but their dedication to the issue, their immediate responsivenss, and the positiveness with which they performed the task was immense. I was proud of them.
On another day we had a student starting to was severly sight impaired, to the point of being blind, for all practical purposes. But this student wanted to become a software engineer. The student had great talent, so my staff told me. But others weren't supportive, because this student would take extra time and extra effort. This made me mad. I solicited my team. And they responded, researching all means and methods available to help this kid stay with us and develop his gift. And if this kid needed help, we would help (even though the kid wasn't in our program!). My team of guys made this happen. And they did a terrific job of it.
And how did this happen? I treated them like people. When they were sick, I didn't berate or harass. I asked them if they needed help and were ok, and to only come back when they were comfortable. If they had this great thing coming up with friends or family which required them to not be at work, what did I do? I didn't verify they had enough "time off" but said to them to have a good time, and the rest of the team happily covered. When assignments for projects were made, I did it based on each persons strengths and weaknesses, not just blinding assigning tasks because I had the power to do so. When one was coming in late alot due to a sick child, I told him to stay home and take care of her. And anytime the "big boss" was itching for trouble, I protected them, I defended them, I stood up for them. And when, during one instance, students were having trouble with one of my teachers I didn't threaten or fire, as the "big boss" wanted. We all sat down, teacher and students, and found out the real issues and resolved them together. (No, this wasn't issue. People in a negative mindset enjoy blaming more than seeking resolution. However, I am a bull dog and, as such, did not allow that mindset to stay. I gave them no choice but to treat each other like people - yes, even the teacher is a person - and to talk about real issues and find real solutions. And it worked!)
And one day I did the unthinkable. I told them all that at long as I was at that company that they would have a job here with me, until they chose to leave. Their job was never in jeopardy. They would never be threatened, or called on the carpet. They had earned this treatment. And so I granted them what they had earned. And I had no fear of them taking advantage of it or me. Because I never took advantage of them.
It was the best of times. Good people working together to do good things.
No, I'm no longer there. I left to take care of my mom, who was diagnosed with cancer. But often I miss those guys and never cease to be proud. However, to show the power of motivation, when I left, things started to crumble and die. One by one, my great team left or was fired. Then the whole thing died.
Why? Because the motivation that matters comes from the top. If the top of the pyramid has a negative power pressing down, the remainder of the pyramid is just vying for survival. Those who can no longer live this way leave - move on. The most critical motivation is up to the employer, the manager, the powers that be. And I say this as someone who spent most of her time being a manager - a power that be.
On behalf of the employee, their motivation lies in reacting to good. When you see good, someone trying to do good, and are soliciting you to join in - trust and do so. But it can be hard. This is not an employees world. As a former manager, I truly believe that employees are used and abused daily, taken for granted, to the point where all motivation ceases.
Think about it. A human is not a dog (regardless of your personal experiences!). A dog does not stay where it is mistreated. A dog does not give love where it gets none. Why would a human?
Think about it.
TREAT YOUR EMPLOYEES LIKE PEOPLE!! WHY??? BECAUSE THEY ARE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Answered by AwakeinAZ
Answered by AwakeinAZ
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