How Can We Boost Factory Employee Motivation Beyond Awards and Events?

Hi all, can anyone help me with ways to motivate the people in the factory? We currently give awards to the best achievers every month, which are presented by the director and displayed on all notice boards on the shop floor. Additionally, we display their names on their birthdays, provide gifts for valuable suggestions for improvement, organize sports events, plan tours and trips at regular intervals, conduct training programs, and offer free education through universities.

Despite these efforts to motivate our employees, we believe there is room for more creative initiatives. We welcome any suggestions you may have in this regard.

Awaiting your input.

Regards,
Jambu

As you correctly stated, there are plenty of things that one can do to motivate staff. However, without an understanding of your industry, staff strength, and organizational culture, making suggestions becomes tough. I am taking the liberty of adding a few suggestions and hope you can implement them directly or by modifying them to suit your requirements.

- Dedicate one notice board for a weekly creative display on any theme, which is cleared by HR in advance. For example, environment protection/water conservation, etc. Appoint each functional department to take charge of the notice board for a week and gather creative inputs from their staff. Have a monthly winner for the most effective display, and from these, you can select a yearly winner as well.

- Organize a monthly CHALLENGE competition where the participants will be employees of the same grade from various departments. The challenge will consist of a mix of quizzes, extempore talks, a round or two of one-minute games, etc. The total points earned will decide the winner. HR can work out the scoring, rules, and additional games.

- You can have a MOTIVATIONAL/INSPIRATIONAL notice board where you can display good articles or printed material. Encourage contributions from staff members.

To get some ideas for these types of articles/write-ups, please visit the following blogs:

- www.actspot.wordpress.com - Daily Blog
- www.poweract.blogspot.com - Weekly Blog

Regards