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Do employees in your organization perform at optimum levels? Are their results all that you expect? What can you do to increase your employees' motivation?

Quite apart from the benefit and value of an altruistic approach of treating human dignity in all its forms, we always ponder how well motivated our employees are!

We will all agree that if we can maximize the performance of the human asset, then it will produce tremendous impact on profits, collections, cost savings, and more, as well-motivated employees are more productive and creative.

Dr. Edwards Deming said, "The aim of leadership should be to improve the performance of man and machine, to improve quality, to increase output and, simultaneously, to bring pride of workmanship to people."

Leaders can improve motivation within their organizations and build a more productive work environment by following a five-step process called the PRIDE, which integrates five cornerstones to improve employee motivation.

P.R.I.D.E. needs to be implemented through a clear strategic direction to transform employees' behavior towards management, thus, making them more productive.

Let's analyze the main components of P.R.I.D.E.

P - Providing Quality Work Environment

This strategy is based on the idea that the best way to improve performance is to create a better quality work experience for the employee. A motivating working environment requires going over and beyond the call of duty and providing for the needs of the employee.

Some of the services which can be offered to the employee include employee discount programs, providing childcare information, providing courier service, cashing check, booking for reservation, providing bus passes, etc.

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* Contributed by: -
Deepak Mohanty,
Alumni of Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (Class of 2004),
Currently working as Sr. Business Analyst at Cognizant Technology Solutions.