are so many factors that impact on, or contribute to, both individual as well as organization productivity. A lot has been written over the past 20 years about improving productivity of workers. There are 3 simple things to remember if you want a motivated, productive workforce.

1.Remember you get the behavior you reward. If you want positive behavior – reward it, recognize it, and appreciate it.

2.Most people generally want three things in life:

We are living in an interesting, as well as challenging, period of history. The world is getting smaller and bigger at the same time. You may have new competitors and customers half way around the world, as well as new customers and competitors across the street.

Add to this mix the consumer demand for: better quality, better delivery times, better services, better responsiveness and lower prices, and no wonder your employees are feeling greater levels of stress and frustration.

An organization is only going to be as productive and profitable as the combined effort, energy, ability, dedication, commitment and motivation of its total workforce. Let’s call this Your Organizational Productivity Grid. (Just made that up folks!)

Why not rate your managers, departments, key staff members, or all of your employees if it makes sense on the following factors:

1.Willingness to go the extra mile for customers and fellow employees.
2.Commitment to the corporate mission (if you have one).
3.Dedication and loyalty to what your organization stands for.
4.Communication integrity. The willingness to hear and or share bad news.
5.Cooperation with fellow employees and departments.
6.Taking the responsibility vs. pointing the finger elsewhere for problems.
7.Use of corporate resources of time, money, supplies, etc.
8.Resourcefulness and creativity for solving problems as well as developing new methods, products, procedures, etc.
9.Overall motivation.
10.Willingness to improve themselves and their skills on their own time.
11.A sense of ownership in projects, corporate objectives or goals.
12.A willingness to contribute ideas for overall organization or department improvement.

Productivity is a difficult thing to measure. In fact, it is impossible because there are so many factors that impact on, or contribute to, both individual as well as organization productivity. A lot has been written over the past 20 years about improving productivity of workers. There are 3 simple things to remember if you want a motivated, productive workforce.

1.Remember you get the behavior you reward. If you want positive behavior – reward it, recognize it, and appreciate it.

2.Most people generally want three things in life:

stress and frustration.

An organization is only going to be as productive and profitable as the combined effort, energy, ability, dedication, commitment and motivation of its total workforce. Let’s call this Your Organizational Productivity Grid. (Just made that up folks!)

Why not rate your managers, departments, key staff members, or all of your employees if it makes sense on the following factors:

1.Willingness to go the extra mile for customers and fellow employees.
2.Commitment to the corporate mission (if you have one).
3.Dedication and loyalty to what your organization stands for.
4.Communication integrity. The willingness to hear and or share bad news.
5.Cooperation with fellow employees and departments.
6.Taking the responsibility vs. pointing the finger elsewhere for problems.
7.Use of corporate resources of time, money, supplies, etc.
8.Resourcefulness and creativity for solving problems as well as developing new methods, products, procedures, etc.
9.Overall motivation.
10.Willingness to improve themselves and their skills on their own time.
11.A sense of ownership in projects, corporate objectives or goals.
12.A willingness to contribute ideas for overall organization or department improvement.

Productivity is a difficult thing to measure. In fact, it is impossible because there are so many factors that impact on, or contribute to, both individual as well as organization productivity. A lot has been written over the past 20 years about improving productivity of workers. There are 3 simple things to remember if you want a motivated, productive workforce.

1.Remember you get the behavior you reward. If you want positive behavior – reward it, recognize it, and appreciate it.

2.Most people generally want three things in life:

stomers and fellow employees.
2.Commitment to the corporate mission (if you have one).
3.Dedication and loyalty to what your organization stands for.
4.Communication integrity. The willingness to hear and or share bad news.
5.Cooperation with fellow employees and departments.
6.Taking the responsibility vs. pointing the finger elsewhere for problems.
7.Use of corporate resources of time, money, supplies, etc.
8.Resourcefulness and creativity for solving problems as well as developing new methods, products, procedures, etc.
9.Overall motivation.
10.Willingness to improve themselves and their skills on their own time.
11.A sense of ownership in projects, corporate objectives or goals.
12.A willingness to contribute ideas for overall organization or department improvement.

Productivity is a difficult thing to measure. In fact, it is impossible because there are so many factors that impact on, or contribute to, both individual as well as organization productivity. A lot has been written over the past 20 years about improving productivity of workers. There are 3 simple things to remember if you want a motivated, productive workforce.

1.Remember you get the behavior you reward. If you want positive behavior – reward it, recognize it, and appreciate it.

2.Most people generally want three things in life:

and creativity for solving problems as well as developing new methods, products, procedures, etc.
9.Overall motivation.
10.Willingness to improve themselves and their skills on their own time.
11.A sense of ownership in projects, corporate objectives or goals.
12.A willingness to contribute ideas for overall organization or department improvement.

Productivity is a difficult thing to measure. In fact, it is impossible because there are so many factors that impact on, or contribute to, both individual as well as organization productivity. A lot has been written over the past 20 years about improving productivity of workers. There are 3 simple things to remember if you want a motivated, productive workforce.

1.Remember you get the behavior you reward. If you want positive behavior – reward it, recognize it, and appreciate it.

2.Most people generally want three things in life:

are so many factors that impact on, or contribute to, both individual as well as organization productivity. A lot has been written over the past 20 years about improving productivity of workers. There are 3 simple things to remember if you want a motivated, productive workforce.

1.Remember you get the behavior you reward. If you want positive behavior – reward it, recognize it, and appreciate it.

2.Most people generally want three things in life: approval, appreciation and acceptance. Give your employees these and watch them stretch on your behalf.

3.You can’t motivate anyone. People motivate themselves. The job of a manager is to create a motivational environment where people would want to motivate themselves.