{"id":3288,"date":"2015-03-30T15:14:23","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T15:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arffinancial.com\/development\/?p=3288"},"modified":"2022-01-20T13:33:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T18:33:58","slug":"8-deadly-ways-to-kill-employee-motivation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arffinancial.com\/development\/8-deadly-ways-to-kill-employee-motivation\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Ways Employees Are Demotivated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are events and circumstances that make us feel happy and appreciated. But unfortunately there are also many that kill our motivation.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to make sure you&#8217;re providing your&nbsp;employees with an environment in which they can thrive,&nbsp;check your workplace for these motivation killers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arffinancial.com\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/UnhappyEmployee.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3287\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arffinancial.com\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/UnhappyEmployee.jpg\" alt=\"UnhappyEmployee\"><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>1. Toxic people.<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you&#8217;ve ever spent time with truly toxic people, you know how destructive and exhausting they can be.&nbsp;Toxic people spread negativity and suffocate the positive. Let them find a new home&#8211;or, if that&#8217;s not possible, make sure policies and supervision are in place to minimize their damage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. No professional development.<\/strong><br \/>\nEveryone needs to know that they are learning and growing. Without that, the workplace grows static and dull.&nbsp;Professional development for each of your employees allows them grow in their careers&nbsp;and also to know that both the organization&nbsp;and you have an investment in their success.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Lack of vision.<\/strong><br \/>\nA clearly communicated vision sets direction and lets people know where to focus. Without it, even the best employees are less effective, because it&#8217;s hard to excel if you don&#8217;t understand the big picture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Wasted time.<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you have the kind of workplace where meetings are called for no real reason and emails are sent to everyone with irrelevant information, it&#8217;s likely that your workers are deeply frustrated. Show people you value them by showing them you value their time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Inadequate communication.<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen communication is poor, people spend half their time second-guessing what they&#8217;re doing, critical tasks are missed, nonessential jobs are duplicated, information is locked into silos, and destructive rumors thrive. A clear flow of communication benefits everyone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Vertical management.<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you can remember being in a situation where your ideas and input weren&#8217;t valued or even heard, where it was &#8220;keep quiet and do what I say,&#8221; you know how hard it is to do anything more than a grudging minimum. The more collaboration, the more investment and the more motivation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. Lack of appreciation.<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen hard work or extraordinary results go unrecognized,&nbsp;when even everyday thanks are unexpressed, people grow uninspired and apathetic.&nbsp;You can reward your employees without spending a dime; it can be as simple as saying &#8220;thank you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. Bad leadership.<\/strong><br \/>\nBad leaders harm every member of their team and their entire organization. Even the best employees need effective leadership to excel.&nbsp;Start with developing your own leadership, then hire and grow the best leaders at every level. It&#8217;s the best thing you can do to improve your workplace for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>If you recognize any of these deathly killers in your workplace, it&#8217;s up to you to do everything in your power to become part of the solution. Remember, great people do not stay long in bad workplaces.<\/p>\n<h5>(source: by Lolly Daskal)<\/h5>\n<h4 style=\"color: #00689f;\"><span style=\"color: #0a73ae;\">Would you like to explore financing options to help grow your business? ARF Financial is a lender you can trust. We have a quick and simple funding process.&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arffinancial.com\/development\/apply-now\/?utm_source=arfblog&amp;utm_medium=arfpost&amp;utm_campaign=arfblogcontact\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Click here<\/span><\/a><\/span>&nbsp;to apply now.<\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are events and circumstances that make us feel happy&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,698],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3288","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"category-small-business-financing"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>8 Ways Employees Are Demotivated - 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