Let us Break People Management Down or What Switch to Pull to Motivate Employees?

The success of any company depends not only on the knowledge and skills of employees, but also on their desire to carry out the assigned work.

An ideally thought out business development strategy is not an indicator of success. In order for the car to start and arrive at the destination, we need, first of all, the coordinated work of internal mechanisms. That is, a powerful tool for any leader should be an understanding of how to encourage employees to increase their contribution to achieving the goals of the enterprise.

But how to understand what encourages your subordinates to work for the result, what is the most effective incentive method? And what profits does the company receive from motivated employees?

It was these issues that the People Management training from IT Grow Center was dedicated to.

Olesia Ulianova, a founder of the IT GROW Center, talked about:

• tools and methods of classical motivational theories. Why some of them are already in the past and why it is necessary to master a new era of management 3.0;
• what is the difference between KPI vs OKR. Which of the methods for evaluating work efficiency is applicable in IT, how to use it, and, most importantly, why?
• bonus payments to employees and teams: when, to whom, for what and how to determine the criteria for a successful bonus system.

At the event, the myth that wage increase is a cure for all diseases was dispelled. After all, there is no universal method of motivation. People are different and their goals are also different. Yes, a material bonus can be effective only at the first stage, but after a while such earnings become common. And this is not enough to increase the efficiency of an employee.

Besides, as part of the training, the participants learned to dose praise and criticism towards an employee, depending on his personality type. And they also learned to build motivational cards that helped them consider the certain situation and understand what motivates each of them and what does not. But that is not all! After all, there is never much practice. The role-playing game “Creating Future Me”, facilitation and the tastiest one at last – the communication duel “Leader Behavior Strategy for Bonus Payment in the Team” awaited the participants.