Employee motivation cannot be limited to just maintaining a kind of balance between stick and carrot approaches. It is one of the key tenets of talent management as a pure compliance will only leave the team leader as motivated. The focus is now gradually shifting to not only getting the best out of team members, but making them feel great about it. For this, employees must be made to realize their relevance to the overall corporate strategy and where they stand. The challenges ahead must be mapped out well in advance so that proactive troubleshooting can be done. Contributions of individuals need to be appreciated and adequately rewarded. Employees are then often motivated to go beyond the minimum call of duty. Periodic self-assessment needs to be carried out to check one’s own motivation before setting out to enhance others’. This may involve adaption of one’s own role as well. Complete reliance on outdated methods must be forsaken.

Source:https://hbr.org/2017/06/motivating-employees-is-not-about-carrots-or-sticks?referral=00563&cm_mmc=email-_-newsletter-_-daily_alert-_-alert_date&utm_source=newsletter_daily_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alert_date&spMailingID=17545387&spUserID=OTY0OTMwNTk5NwS2&spJobID=1042100609&spReportId=MTA0MjEwMDYwOQS2

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