The Entrepreneur and Negative Motivation
Negative motivation? Why not? Most motivational practices are positive. It should be that way; however, constructive criticism, loss of incentives, warnings plus others should also be practiced for balance.
- Make the consequences clear
- Give warnings
- Never make it personal
- Make it a learning experience
- Allow them to regain lost ground
Make the consequences clear
Clearly communicate the consequences of substandard work. If they can gain rewards, make it clear that they can also miss out on them, worst, they can lose some bonuses.
Give warnings
Sloppy work should never be tolerated. Appreciate the positive that you can see but be honest if you think they did not give their all. If someone continues to work sloppily, help them, if substandard work continues, threaten to demote or fire.
Never make it personal
Never attack the person. You will demoralize them if you do. Give constructive criticism on the work and advice them on how they can improve.
Make it a learning experience
Every moment is a learning experience. But failure definitely teaches memorable lessons. Ask the team what they learned from a failure. Help them analyze the situation.
Allow them to regain lost ground
Give them another chance. Allow them to gain what they lost, the incentives in particular. Keep believing that they can do better.
By Ed Pilapil Jr. ©
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This blog is about tips on entrepreneurship. It includes topics such as sales and marketing, coaching your team, employee motivation, success attitudes, franchising, management and others.
Eduardo R. Pilapil Jr or Ed has been a Motivational Speaker for more than 15 years and has spoken in conferences and seminars for different nonprofit organizations, small companies, and large corporations. He also offers business and life coaching with more than 3000 hours of experience.
Some of his past experiences and positions are: President of KGP Property Holdings, Inc., Executive Director of Bicol College of Agriculture, and as a director in various nonprofit organizations.
He is co-founder and Chair of two companies: Power Memory Franchising and Review Masters League.
He has a Bachelors Degree in Communication Arts from the University of the Philippines and a Masters degree in Christian Leadership from the Asian Seminary of Christian Ministries. He finished high school and grade school at the Ateneo de Manila University.
His other sites are www.Motivation-Coach.com and LifeJourneyCoach.com
Ed is based in Manila but serves the South East Asian Region. Should you need a motivational speaker, life coach or business coach, you may reach him at eduardo@motivation-coach.com.
Office Address: Unit 2008 Prestige Tower, F. Ortigas Jr. Rd. (formerly Emerald Ave.), Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines
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[...] Negative motivation can give us that needed “deflation” we need to bring us back down to earth. It helps us realize that maybe we do need to update our skills, read up on current trends, or just be a better person to those around us. None of us can hold ourselves above anyone else – we all have our strengths and weaknesses, and that is what makes us unique individuals. We all need a healthy dose of reality every now and then to make sure we don’t forget that we are all on equal ground on this planet. [...]