While participating in the Disney College Program I took through classes. The classes I took were experiential learning and human resource management. During my human resource class I learned a lot of valuable information, but one of the sections that stuck to me the most was employee motivation.Ā Iāve been working since I was 14 years old and motivation something that I see a lot of the locations I have work for slack on. During my Human Resource class we learned how you can motivate your employees and why is important to keep them motivated.
In the article āThe Importance of Employee Motivationā they explain why motivating your employee is important. One of the main reason they mention on why motivating your employee is important is because a motivated workforce, make a productive workplace. One of the first steps an employer has to take before they even try to motivate their employees is finding out things that will keep their employee motivate. For example when of the way Disney motivates its employee is giving Four Key Cards. This keeps employee motivate because they know they are being recognized and appreciated for the work that they do.
The article also told us about how motivation helps employees feel like they are good in their jobs. Another thing that article says is that giving feedback is another great way to motivate your employees. It helps them know what they are doing right and what they arenāt doing right. So that why then can better themselves or keep doing the good things they are doing. Itās not only giving feedback to employees but letting employees give feedback to you. So that I company could know what they should work on to keep their employees happy.
http://www.americasjobexchange.com/employer/employer-articles/employee-motivation
I definitely agree that motivation is the key to help create a productive work environment. Without it, work will feel meaningless. Working as a housekeeper at Pop Century always caused me to lose motivation. But the people who are there to keep me lifted would be my coworkers and sometimes my leaders. The times where I feel like breaking down due to so many checkouts, my leaders would be there to uplift me and encourage me that I have the capability to become a great housekeeper. It just requires good focus and a mindset of not giving up. What helps me become even more motivated to finish the college program would also be that I am not in a permanent position. This is only temporary. But because this is temporary, if I were to finish the program, the reward I would receive would be self motivation and having a great story to tell about Disney once I place it on my resume.