Motivated employees in an organisation become the assets of a company. They increase the productivity and reduce the attrition rate of the company. Keeping the employees happy makes the working atmosphere healthy and pleasant and thus, improves the punctuality and loyalty of the employees. Now, how to do this?

We at EWT, the water specialists, have incorporated unique HR programs and dedicated resources which take care of employee motivation and employee satisfaction.

Following are the 10 effective ways to motivate your employees:

1. Keep an hour of joy on a weekly basis: Fix an hour of joy once in a week where the employees are made to play games, exhibit their talents and have fun at office. This eases the tension at the work. Also, it develops a friendly attitude among employees.

2. Reward employees: The employees' work should be recognised and rewarded in the group. The rewards can be in terms of money, gifts or surprises. The employees' work or talent can be displayed on the bulletin board of the office where everyone can see it and recognise it.

3. Recognise employee’s individual contribution: Even as an individual, the employee should be given attention, and his/her work must be rewarded well. This creates a sort of connection with the seniors and the management.

4. Provide homely work atmosphere: The office environment should be made homely and pleasant. The employees have to be allowed to take breaks and work on their own phase. There must be cafeterias and coffee/snack areas where the employees can munch and work in a relaxed way.

5. Have a flat hierarchy culture: There should not be too many hierarchies followed. Any small decisions and plans done at the junior level should not need approval from the top management. They should be given space to design and implement some of the ideas which they think can work for the welfare of the company.

6. Make way for personal flexibility: Personal flexibility is one of the important factors that should be considered by all organisations. The employees should be given freedom of speech and freedom of working hours. The swipe-in time and swipe-out time of the employee should not be fixed, but flexible. Until and unless, the employee does not meet his target on time, he should be given flexibility for working hours and also taking leave.

7. Provide clear roadmaps of career: Career roadmaps are to be given by the top people in order to let the employees know what is in store for them in the next six months to next one year down the line. This defines the employees' career, and they can set a personal goal for themselves.

8. Conducting exciting social events:This is very much necessary for creating fun at work. There should be a different department to take care of all the social events. Every year, you should plan special events and make them exciting. There should be surprise lunch outs, surprise trips for employees. The annual day celebrations should be made exciting. With all this, the employees can get connected with the company.

9. Give space to employees to work within their own style: Each employee will have his/her own style of working. They should be given free space to work with their own style, which actually increases the productivity and efficiency of the employees.

10. Fix a casuals day: Once in a week, have a casuals day, where the employees do not have to adhere to formal wears.

By practicing these methods, we are making our work culture very interesting, thereby, increasing the productivity and efficiency of our employees. We hope these tips will help you too!