How to Find Out what motivates

A survey conducted among the membership of the Chartered Management Institute (Management Today, 2004) shows that 82 percent of them still depend on the annual assessment for knowledge about their individuals and their accomplishments, despite the fact that they also make it clear that they feel that the annual assessment gives them little value and is too often considered a waste of time for all concerned.There is also a major gap between people in boardrooms and what Think about it and what the people who really do the everyday work on the supply chain think is going on.

There are only a few, often very basic improvements in how people are handled in most companies that could make a big difference to bottom-line outcomes. Unfortunately, too many executives do not have the data they need to tell them what they are, and only a small number of executives have even defined the questions they need answers to.Although several companies believe that 'our employees are our greatest asset,' executives also take few active measures to involve them in the company, to produce better results from their work or to ensure that they make the best possible use of the talents of their people.

Employees are a major source of insight about how the company can be changed, but 'running a survey' is not such an easy procedure. Employee surveys should be used instead of merely a 'temperature-taking' method to define areas of needed change that have a high effect on organizational efficiency.If they are especially motivated and what motivates them, they can be used to reveal employee emotions and attitudes to their boss. Although a standard 'opinion' survey can be helpful, a more systematic approach to surveys can provide companies and leaders with:

• Effectiveness assessment of vital business processes
• Valuable data for executives to help them steer the company
• A focus on improvement on problems that can create a major competitive advantage for the company
• Ideas to help create a stronger focus on the customer.
• Feedback on acts that encourage critical company activities.

References 

1. (IESBA, 2019)IESBA (2019) ‘Staff Questions & Answers Long Association of Personnel With’, (May), pp. 1–15.

2. (Badiou et al., 2016)Badiou, A. et al. (2016) 6. The Populism That Is Not to Be Found, What Is a People? doi: 10.7312/badi16876-007.

3. Buckley, D. (2020). 3 Steps on How to Figure out What Motivates You at Work. [online] Lifehack. Available at: https://www.lifehack.org/860656/what-motivates-you-at-work [Accessed 6 Jan. 2021].

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