How to motivate your team in a challenging time!-How to motivate your team in a challenging time

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In this webinar, Mike Gibson introduced Matt Cain from the Opportunity Group, who discussed how motivation drives success, especially during difficult periods such as the post-pandemic recovery. Matt used Gallup statistics to show that motivated employees work better, increase profitability, reduce absenteeism, and are far less likely to resign.<br /><br />He then explained Frederick Herzberg’s two-factor model. Herzberg identified “hygiene factors” that cause dissatisfaction, such as poor management, weak work-life balance, bad working conditions, unfair policies, strained relationships, low pay, and job insecurity. These should be reduced to avoid dissatisfaction, but doing so does not automatically create satisfaction.<br /><br />The real drivers of satisfaction are “motivators,” including achievement, responsibility, creativity, advancement, recognition, growth, and challenging work. Matt emphasized that leaders should focus on job enrichment, and, during extended crises, support three psychological needs: relatedness, competence, and autonomy.<br /><br />Relatedness means people feel cared for and valued. Competence means they feel effective, trusted, and able to grow. Autonomy means they feel empowered and not micromanaged. Matt stressed that motivation should be tailored to each individual, because people are driven by different things. He concluded that fairness, transparency, recognition, and personal development matter more than money alone.

Keywords

motivation

employee engagement

Herzberg two-factor theory

hygiene factors

motivators

job enrichment

psychological needs

leadership