Catch People Doing Something Right!

If you really want to demotivate your team, here are some great strategies:

1. Constantly pick faults with what they do.
2. Tell them what you want doing, but don’t give them enough information so that they can do it as you would like. This means that when they complete the task, you can tell them what’s wrong with their work.
3. When staff complete a job, also tell them that you wouldn’t have done it like that.
4. Impose tasks on them and set deadlines without agreeing the deadlines with them. This will put them under pressure and is a great demotivator!

However, if you want to motivate your team, do the opposite to all the above:

1. Catch staff doing something right!
2. Be clear about the guidelines for the work, and be reasonable in your expectations.
3. Acknowledge good work. Coach them on how it could be improved.(This requires having good coaching skills.)
4. Negotiate deadlines with staff wherever possible.

Demotivated staff results in lower performance, which is not good for your business!

Simon Pimenta