I did a google search on “company morale” because I wanted to learn about various ways to evaluate and improve morale within an organization. Here’s one link that shows a clear case on how NOT to motivate people:
http://technocrat.net/d/2006/8/28/7262
It blows my mind how some leaders and managers think they can motivate people by being negative. One of my coworkers told me that at his last company, one of the managers recognized that people were only working the minimum required hours and not putting in a lot of effort, but instead of yelling at them to work harder, he thought about why people weren’t motivated to work hard. They ended up trying different means of increasing communication, encouraging a more open environment, promoting more team-based work, etc… And he said it worked.
Money is rarely a reason why people are happy or unhappy at work, so I’m not sure why HR departments focus so much on monetary compensation. Maybe I’m overestimating people, but I honestly think most people want to work for more than just a paycheck. I think most HR departments can be a lot more creative in coming up with ways to make people feel happy about being at work.
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