Key Strategies for Improving Motivation in the Workplace

This presentation assesses key strategies for improving motivation in the workplace, including celebrating milestones and empowering problem-solving and learning. It explores theories of motivation such as Maslow's hierarchy of needs and McGregor's X and Y theories. The presentation includes a case study on Google's use of celebrating milestones and discusses the benefits and drawbacks of these strategies. It concludes with the importance of implementing effective motivation strategies and resolving common challenges.

Assess some of the key strategies for
improving motivation in the workplace.

Introduction:
 First Strategy of Motivation - Celebrate milestones big and small
 Case study based on celebrating milestones big and small
 Second strategy of motivation – Empower problem solving and
learning as strategy of motivation
 Conclusion

Two of the main theories of motivation
 Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
 McGregor’s X and Y Theories

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
 Physiological Needs
 Safety Needs
 Social Needs
 Esteem Needs (Kremer & Hammond, 2013)

McGregor’s X and Y Theories
(The Enterprise World,2020)

McGregor’s X and Y Theories
(The Enterprise World,2020)

MOTIVATION’S
STRATEGIES

Celebrate
milestones big and
small
Implementation of the strategy Keeps employees motivated in
their day-to-day roles
 Employers use this strategy to
understand challenges that
employees are facing
 Is implemented to see how the
team is performing
 Can be focused on social,
cultural, personal development
and performance driven
 (Skilbeck, 2019)
(Crowley, 2020)

Why is this strategy effective ?
(Baumgardner, 2017)

Negative aspects of using this
strategy
Some employees can not feel as appreciated as the others
Higher expectations
Habitude vs Performance
(Yii, 2021) (Linkedin, 2021)

First case of study
 Google Company
 “To create the happiest, most
productive workplace in the
world.” (Google,2021)
(Google,2021)

Celebrate milestones big and small method at
Google
Focus on employers first
(Google.com, 2021)
Create regular communicationBuild team culture

Pros and Cons of Developing at Google
 Positive
 On site hair salon, massage
programs
 Free gourmet
 Laundry and dry-cleaning facilities
 On-site medical staff and facilities
 If an employee dies, his or her
family will receive his salary for the
next 10 years.
 Travel insurance and emergency
assistance even on personal
vacations.
 Training resources for remote
working and learning
 Negative
 Overqualification
 Difficult co-workers
 Hard to be promoted quickly
 Work-life balance
 Middle management
 Temp workers, freelance
 Short contracts
(Google.com,2021)

Google culture
 Strong culture
 Invention of a new
management model
 Development of new staff
management
 Innovation rules, as the 20
percent rule equals creativity
 Salary and bonus compensation
 (Girard, Bernard, Google Way )

Empower problem solving and
learning as strategy of motivation
 Create space for employees to solve problems, wish to contribute and be involved
 Provide support and guidance, leaving employees lead with own ideas and solutions
 Recognize worker’s achievements
 Listen to the team’s ideas
 Embrace their unique skills
 Encourage self-directed learning
 Allow employees to take ownership of their work
 Create a safe space where failure is framed as a learning opportunity

BENEFITS AND DRAWBACKS
 IMPROVED QUALITY
TO COMPLETE WORK
 INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY
 INCREASED LEVEL
OF EMPLOYEE MORALE
AND COMMITMENT
 LESS STRESS ON
MANAGERS AND
SUPERVISORS
 REDUCES ABSENTEEISM
 INCREASED LEVEL OF
BUSINESS RISK
 LONGER TIME TO
MAKE IMPORTANT DECISIONS
 DECREASED EFFICIENCY OR
PRODUCTIVITY
 BLURRED CHAIN OF COMMAND
 GREAT EMPLOYEES = GREAT
DECISIONS CANNOT BE MADE
 EMPLOYEES NEED TRAINING,
COSTS MONEY

CONCLUSION
 From the presentation it has been concluded that there are different theories of motivation like Maslow's hierarchy
needs and all theories have their own advantages and disadvantages. With respect to creating a strong culture on
Amazon it is an effective strategy because it leads to development and staff bonuses also. An organization make
many motivation strategies so with respect to a new strategy got implemented in relation with Google. It is also
been concluded that by implementing the strategy of learning in context with motivation certain benefits and
drawbacks were there.

Common challenges
 By implementing different strategies like developing at Google and learning method with respect to motivation
there were many challenges that employers faced. By initiating learning as a motivation strategy they had many
drawbacks like decreased level of productivity and the process of decision making is very time consuming. By
following the strategy of developing at google the challenges were very difficult like promotion was not able to
done very quickly.

How it can be resolved
 As there are various challenges that created difficulty so with respect to this it became very much necessary to
solve it by solving those problems. It can get solved with the help of providing proper support and guidance to all
ideas and opinions that an employee gives. Their ideas should not get ignored and their achievements should be
recognized so that employees don't feel that they are been ignored.

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