Many organisations have struggled due to the ‘challenging’ economic climate and even those not finding it tough have taken steps to cut costs and help ensure the viability of their business in future. This has inevitably led to redundancies, leaving a heavier workload for those who still have a job. These lucky employees have seen long term friends and colleagues leave and in many cases they are themselves left disgruntled and de-motivated.

Often the effect of redundancies on the remaining staff are underestimated by senior management and little effort is made to ensure that they are engaged and motivated. Management are often under a lot of pressure when this is all happening so it’s easy to see why this is overlooked. Antoinette Oglethorpe shares some excellent advice on her blog about this and  highlights the importance of creating a vision of the future. Here are her tips on how to do this:

• Involve your employees. 
•  Start with strengths.  
•  Describe the perfect future. 
• Help each person identify the “What’s in it for me?” factor.   

Finally, Antoinette says you need to “demonstrate your own personal sense of excitement about the positive future you’ve created.  Constantly express your personal confidence in ultimate success and endlessly seek, find and use examples of success and progress to build a sense of momentum.”

Here’s a link to the complete post: How To Get Demotivated Employees Committed To Your Company. It’s well worth a read.