Employee Motivation

Drive employee performance to new heights

Motivating Your Employees Through The Grind

The Grind

As p&mm sponsored paralympian Gabi Down knows there are times in training when you arrive at a point at which it is no longer fun.  This is called ‘The Grind’, and it’s when the training starts to become tiring, painful and tedious. The Grind ‘The Grind’ is the point at which it really counts. Getting [...]

Understanding Differing Staff Motivation Matters

Staff motivation not about money

Every athlete, whether they are an individual – such as p&mm sponsored Gabi Down – or part of a team, has a different motivation. At just 14 years old, Gabi Down is currently ranked as the No 1 female Paralympic Fencer in the UK and has already represented Great Britain at last summers’ Paralympic games [...]

Businesses need to link sales incentives to ensuring profitability

Sales incentives foster behaviours

In the last month a number of sales team personnel will have been given a wakeup call. Despite hitting their targets for the first quarter of the year, some staff will have had to forgo their bonus payment as it is linked to poorly thought out  sales incentives.

MO-tivate your employees to achieve a good work life balance

Healthy work-life balance

When many of us think of our top 10 London Olympic and Paralympic moments, I am sure doing the Mo-bot in front of the TV as Mo Farah won gold in the 5,000 and 10,000 metres, is up there with the best of them! The sheer drive and determination Mo displayed in order to achieve [...]

Motivated to quit

Motivated to quit

Everyone knows that smoking is one of the unhealthiest things you can do to yourself, yet many people continue to puff away because they simply ‘can’t quit’. So what is their motivation, knowing full well that it’s not healthy and that it will most likely have long lasting negative implications? This left me pondering similar [...]

Boosting staff morale – how to promote positivity in the workplace

Improve staff morale

We are products of our environments. Therefore, it is vital to lay strong foundations for a positive working atmosphere for staff to be able to flourish and succeed – particularly so considering that over two thirds of our adult life is spent at work. An environment in which employees have mutual respect, feel appreciated and [...]