Unconsciously, Unintentionally, and Unknowingly Demotivating your Employees

Our last article provided useful insight on ways to proactively improve motivation and morale in the workplace. It is also important to consider the actions Leaders unconsciously, unintentionally and unknowingly do to impede employees from attaining a well-established and positive workplace culture - the type of actions that result in demotivating our employees.

The effect of demotivation is quite similar to a simple smile in the sense that it's contagious, leaving organizations vulnerable to these dangers. Therefore Leaders must become more sensitive in staying alert to these concerns and learn to tackle it.

What Can Leaders Do?

Motivation plays a major role in productivity, impacting the quality and pace of work. These factors can be hindered when employees lack motivation, as you may notice higher absenteeism, turnover of employees, disorganized work spaces, or even just inattentiveness to their surroundings. A positive and motivated work environment is essential to keeping employees enthused.

Our attempt begins with the approach of understanding the causes leading to employee demotivation. As a leader, you may force, browbeat or intimidate employees into performance but will generate even greater concerns as this generates anger, resentment, and contempt. While these actions are considerably obvious demotivators to most of us, there are other ways a Leader can discourage their employees without knowing it.

Here are some additional demotivators that we unconsciously, unintentionally or unknowingly do, including a few suggestions on how to remedy the impact.