How to stop demotivating employees Tutorial

Are you struggling with employee motivation? In 'How to Stop Demotivating Employees,' discover crucial insights for fostering a thriving workplace culture. Uncover the 3 key pitfalls to avoid, including treating employees as tools or children. Learn how respect and empowerment can transform your team dynamics. Join us to explore practical strategies that prioritize collaboration and teamwork for success!

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Employees rarely say I don't feel motivated,

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but rather I'm demotivated.

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Taking their words literally,

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we can therefore consider that the manager's first

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challenge is to avoid demotivating their teams,

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but how to avoid demotivation.

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For this purpose,

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3 managerial attitudes should be eliminated

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treating your employees as wenches,

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simple work tools,

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treating your employees as children,

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and treating your employees as idiots.

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First piece of advice,

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do not treat your employees as wrenches.

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Does this remind you of an image of Charlie Chaplin in modern times?

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Treating employees as wrenches means treating them as means,

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as instruments for achieving an expected result.

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This is how we end up perceiving employees when we talk of human resources.

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Indeed,

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they are often still considered as resources in the same way as money,

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time,

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machines,

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computers,

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etc.

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If you don't pay attention to people as a whole but

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simply pay attention to the fact that they are effective,

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they will feel it.

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If the way you take care of your employees is not imbued with humanity

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and interest in others in their happiness and growth,

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they will feel it.

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I met managers who manage their teams with respect.

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That's still something,

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but without any interest for the people,

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as if they manage their computer equipment with respect just to avoid breakage.

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The culture is starting to change.

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And we are seeing more and more exemplary success stories

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of companies that have decided to put their employees first.

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I invite you to watch Venet Naya TEDX talk employees first.

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If your corporate culture is not ready to make the leap to employees first,

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at least know that anything you can do to cultivate respect

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and consideration for people

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in a benevolent management style will help avoid demotivation.

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Second piece of advice to avoid demotivation.

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Don't treat employees like children.

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This is a classic.

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Because the manager feels responsible

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and puts themselves in a high position,

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then parent-child relationships will develop.

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Sometimes

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it's the employee themselves that puts their manager in a higher position.

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In case of an unbalanced relationship,

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the manager can be seen and or act as a normative or nurturing parent.

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First option,

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the manager can be seen as a normative parent,

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a parental figure who gives rules,

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norms,

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and advice.

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In extreme cases,

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this parental attitude manifests in the you must,

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you have to,

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you should have,

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the relationship being unbalanced.

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Those managers will have no other option

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than the carrot and the stick

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to keep the herd moving forward.

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Second option,

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the manager can position themselves or be positioned as a nurturing parent,

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a maternal figure who understands,

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supports,

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values,

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and courages.

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In extreme cases of this parental attitude,

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the manager will be a mother hen who fears for her little ones,

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who will sacrifice,

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who will not dare to challenge,

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and who will be fooled.

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Wanting to be loved,

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those managers will put the teams down and sometimes suffocate them.

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Faced with these managers who are normative parents and or nurturers,

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the employees could quickly position themselves

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as a child.

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Sometimes submissive,

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sometimes rebellious,

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and noticeably demotivated,

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you still have a few old fashioned managers who think it is optimal to

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manage their employees by loving them and treating them like a good father,

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fair,

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upright,

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demanding,

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believing as a parent will that they know what is good for their employees,

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their children.

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It is true that the good father is already a better man than the police chief,

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but it's demotivating.

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Another example,

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you have some managers who confuse

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benevolent management with maternal management.

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It's true that it's better than inhuman management.

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But it's no more motivating and above all it doesn't empower employees.

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In short,

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the more you talk to your employees as if they were children,

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the more you will maintain them in this position.

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So

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lift them up

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by treating them as adults to adults.

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Third piece of advice to avoid demotivation

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don't treat employees as idiots.

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Do you think you are smarter than your employees?

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If so,

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you put yourself in a high position and they will feel it.

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Then

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you will undoubtedly fall into these three

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very devaluing reflexes.

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Either 1,

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not giving them enough information,

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2,

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not giving them enough responsibility,

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and 3,

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not seeking their advice enough.

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Here is the antidote to these three reflexes of superiority.

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Your employees are not idiots.

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Give them vision.

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Share as much information as you can.

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Giving them goals is not enough.

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Give them meaning.

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By understanding the ins and outs of your decisions

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and those of the hierarchy,

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they will be able to make these decisions their own.

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By understanding what motivates the mandatory change and

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the 3 year vision of the department,

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they will know what they are contributing to.

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Transmitting information and giving your vision takes time,

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of course.

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It also requires courage.

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Indeed,

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you face a risk of being contradicted or confronted about the shared vision.

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Your employees are not idiots.

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Ask them for their opinion,

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listen to them,

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question them.

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what ways are you thinking about?

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How can we improve the efficiency of the product?

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How can we succeed in making such change happen?

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How can we improve the way the department works?

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Don't get trapped by employees who come to you for help and advice

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because they trust your judgment more than their own.

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Challenge them and trust their ability to find their own solutions.

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Ask them

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for their opinion on the issues

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and keep the freedom to follow that advice or not.

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Your employees are not idiots.

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Give them responsibility.

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Don't demotivate them by keeping decision making power to yourself

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and monitoring everything they do.

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Every day the employee must gain autonomy through learning and experience.

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If they stagnate in their position,

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no longer learning or experiencing anything new.

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Then they no longer fit in their position.

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Coral is said to be an animal that when it

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comes to a standstill eats its own brain and dies.

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Routine jobs are more and more entrusted to machines.

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This will create a lot of unemployment for those who have repetitive work.

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The challenge will be for them to find missions that will fulfill them

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with a real added value of their unique and irreplaceable human talents,

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positions that will make them grow through

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experience and by exercising their responsibility.

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In conclusion,

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if you don't know how to motivate your employees,

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stop demotivating them.

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How can you do this?

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By no longer treating them as wrenches,

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children,

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and or idiots.

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Change your prism of perception about them.

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Look at them as employees first,

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why not?

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Or at least as equals as responsible adults.

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By treating them this way,

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90% of your employees will evolve

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in a way you could not have imagined.

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