Hi Amit,
Alignment of aims, purpose, and values between staff, teams, and the organization is the most fundamental aspect for finding motivation. The better the alignment and personal association with organizational aims, the better the platform for motivation.
Motivation is a complex area. It is different for each person. Motivational receptiveness and potential in everyone change from day to day and situation to situation.
Get the alignment and values right, and motivational methods work better. Motivational methods of any sort will not work if people and the organization are not aligned. People are motivated towards something they can relate to and something they can believe in.
Times have changed. People want more. You should view the following motivational methods and ideas as structures, activities, and building blocks to be used when you have a solid foundation in place.
Motivational and inspirational quotes, poems, posters, motivational speakers, and stories, team building games, and activities all develop employee motivation for staff in all kinds of organizations.
Motivational and inspirational experiences improve employees' attitudes, confidence, and performance. Motivational methods are wide-ranging, from inspirational quotes and poems to team building games and activities, as ice-breakers, warm-ups, and exercises for conferences, workshops, meetings, and events, which in themselves can often be helpful for staff motivation too.
People playing games or competing in teams learn about each other, communicate better, and see each other in a new light. Mutual respect grows. Playing games enables people to experience winning and achieving in a way that their normal work might not. People become motivated to achieve and do better when they have experienced the feelings of success and achievement, regardless of context. This is why fire-walking and outward-bound activities have such a powerful motivational effect.
Ice-breakers and warm-ups for motivation break down barriers and help develop rapport and relationships.
Building confidence for motivation - Learning something new and completely different liberates the mind. Facing a challenge, meeting it, and mastering it help build confidence.
Physical activity is motivational - Team building activities like juggling, construction exercises, or outdoor games get the body moving, which is good for general health and an energetic approach to work. A minute of juggling three balls is 200 throws, the equivalent of pumping over 20 kilos. Physical activity also provides significant stress relief, and stress management is part of every organization's duty of care towards its employees. People concentrate and work better when they have had some light exercise and physical stimulus. Physical activity energizes people and reduces stress and tension.
Saying thanks is hugely motivational - Saying thanks and giving praise are the most commonly overlooked and underestimated ways of motivating people. And it's so easy. Saying thanks is best said naturally and from the heart, so if your intentions are right, you will not go far wrong. When you look someone in the eye and thank them sincerely, it means a lot. In front of other people even more so. The key words are the ones that say thanks and well done for doing a great job, especially where the words recognize each person's own special ability, quality, contribution, effort, whatever. People always appreciate sincere thanks, and they appreciate being valued as an individual even more. When you next have the chance to thank your team or an individual team member, take the time to find out a special thing that each person has done and make a point of mentioning these things. Doing this, the praise tends to carry even greater meaning and motivational effect.
Motivational quotes - Using inspirational quotations and sayings is motivational - Inspirational quotes contribute to motivation because they provide examples and role models; these inspirational images stimulate motivational images and feelings for the brain to visualize.
Regards,
Sushma