What
motivates you?
Every person in the world can show
different type of motivation. Motivation and personal development go hand in
hand. According to Business Dictionary motivation by definition is "Internal
and external factors that stimulate desire and energy in people to be
continually interested and committed to a job, role or subject, or to make an
effort to attain a goal". A positive attitude is part of the tools that helps
anyone reach a professional or personal goal.
Having a clear objective and definite purpose, effort, and perseverance
will make it possible to achieve. But,
we need a dream, a vision, an idea that acts as a spiritual engine.
My personal motivation is driven by
different elements that help build a better and stronger person everyday. The constant,
conscious, persevering practice leads to changes in negative habits due to
positive habits. A habit is something that you do repetitively and without
thinking. Aristotle said “We are what we rapidly do, excellence therefore, is
not an act but a habit”. We are full of habits many of them negative. But, I learned
how to used the negative habits and make the best of it. My motivation is to do
better and feel good with myself every day, transforming the negative environment
will help not only me, but others to find a purpose to continues and be able to
achieve their expectations.
People’s expectations are forged over
time, but it is in our hands to transform, modify, negative habits into
positive habits, until they are carried out automatically. You will feel
motivation, joy of life, enthusiasm, passion and drive with the same intensity
as before you felt anguish, discomfort, sadness, anger, irritability and
laziness.
How
do Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory explain your
own and other employees’ motivation?
Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs explains that
the motivation of any person can be relate to specific situations in time. The behavior of any human being can be
develop and driven by different needs. The motivation of a person will depend on
the desire of something at that particular point in time. Maslow’s mentions five
different factors that are part of these needs, physiological needs, safety
needs, social needs, esteem needs. Organizational Behavior (2017) Maslow’s explains that our
need is ranked “As we satisfy these basic needs, we start looking to satisfy
higher order needs. In other words, once a lower level of need is satisfied, it
no longer serves as a motivator” (p.182). These needs will develop base in a place
and time. These five different factor can be applied to a regular daily basic
routines of any person but do not show any strong research to support it. Now in
business it can be use as a tool, to understand the level of need of every individual’s
attitude and motivation at the workplace.
Herzberg’s Two-factor motivation mentions
that his theory are hygiene factor and motivational factor. This theory is base
on a survey, makes focus in a different aspect of need of any person. He refers
to these factors as extreme satisfaction or extreme dissatisfaction. Herzberg’s
theory presents by Organizational Behavior (20170) says:
Hygiene
factors included company policies, supervision, working conditions, salary,
safety, and security on the job. In
contrast, motivators are factors that are intrinsic to the job, such as
achievement, recognition, interesting work, increased responsibilities,
advancement, and growth opportunities. According to Herzberg’s research,
motivators are the conditions that truly encourage employees to try harder (p.186).
In
my perspective the Maslow’s needs and Herzberg’s two-factor are right and are
defined by the need of each individual according to their environment that
makes them feel happy and complete. Maslow, in his theory, only defines the
basic needs of an individual, that is, a model of basic needs for a society,
which is no longer basic or simple. Herzberg show specific point that many people
can identify in the workplace. The person can make decisions according to the motivation
factors but if the individual shows the need of hygiene factors, will have a
extreme dissatisfaction. I will say that depending on each individual the level
of motivation can increase or decrease according with their personal needs.
How
can employees remain highly motivated when telecommuting? What can they do to
motivate themselves?
Entrepreneur Telecommuting defines the
practice of working from home for business and communicating through the use of
a personal computer equipped with a modem and communications software.
Telecommuting can be a difficult subject to discuss. Many groups think that the
people who work at home will get nothing done. However, others believed that that by having
this option it will make them feel happy and therefore more productive. Work
from home can be beneficial for many reasons. It can increase productivity and
decrease stress. Other benefits of working from home are: savings, flexible
schedules, a boost of energy, whish makes sense considering that many companies
lately are moving their market to virtual organizations.
The motivation for working from home
varies depending on each person. Knowing that working from home will give you
the ability to balance the work and family obligations can be a good key motivator.
There are many ways to keep yourself
motivate to get the work done and accomplish the expectation of the company or
organization. For instance, having a
schedule to start, organize by prioritizing the work of the day, work period
with short brakes, work out, self rewarding. This will help any person to stay
focus and productive.
What
can the company do to motivate telecommuting employees?
For companies or organization, it can be difficult
to motivate their employee when the managers or supervisor do not have direct communication
with their employees. On the other hand, it is difficult to know if your
employee’s are engaged with their work. According to the article No Face Time?
No Problem: How to Keep Virtual Workers Engaged mention:
Without the ability to have organic
conversations in the break room or at each other's cubicles, it takes a more
concentrated effort for remote workers to engage with others … A lack of
engagement can lead to isolation and loneliness, a lack of passion for the
company's vision or goals, and feeling unhappy and unappreciated (Caramela,
June 7,2018).
Still,
there is much more the leader or person in charge of the group can do to
motivate their employee. As an example, the employers can keep good
communication, and recognize the good qualities that the person have, and
utilize these qualities as a tool of motivation. Honesty and integrity will
help build strong employee engagement with the company, among others. These
actions of communication and motivation will benefit both sides the employee
and company.
Conclusion
References
Business Dictionary. Retrieved from:
Telecommuting
Definition. Retrieved from:
Organizational
behavior. (2017). Minneapolis MN: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing
Edition Section 5.2 Need-based theories of
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Peck, E. (2015, March 18) Proof that
working from home is here to stay: Even Yahoo still does it. Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/18/the-future-is-happening-now-ok_n_6887998.html
Paul, Tassi (Jan 22, 2014).11 Ways To
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Sammi, Caramela (June 7,2018). No Face
Time? No Problem: How to Keep Virtual Workers Engaged. Retrieved from: https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/7228-engaging-remote-employees.html
