How to turn cynical employees into motivated ones

“When managers focus 100% on profit and self interest, employees follow suit by acting out of individual interests and being cynical about the company. On the other hand, when employees feel good about the company -- and its affects on the community -- they tend to be more motivated. "Employee pride" develops when staff is rewarded more often, corporate culture shifts from self interest and an increased emphasis is placed on improving the community.”

The great paradox is that businesses driven by self-interest cultivate employees who learn to similarly put their own self-interest first—to the ultimate detriment of the business. A management obsession with profit creates a workforce disinterested in profit, and obsessed instead with working conditions, wages, and other issues of interest to the workers themselves.

These are a few excerpts from a great article titled Culture Shift: Eliminating Employee Cynicism for Good by Paul Levesque published recently in Manage Smarter. Now granted business are in business to make money but when the FOCUS is on profits only and not on appreciating the employee, bettering the community/environment or providing value to the customer, then the workplace through the atmosphere created by management becomes a low performing highly undesirable place of employment. If a company wants to truly create a long lasting successful financial model, then they understand that the process might begin with hiring the best but that it also will be driven by highly motivated/stimulated employees. Getting the employee involved in all aspects of your business will help to create that ‘happy’ workplace that seems to have not only endless energy but also has an abundant wealth of ideas -and these ideas created by people will constantly keep your company fresh and inviting in the consumer eyes.

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