All employers know that employee motivation is very important. Every business, big or small, knows that an unmotivated workforce spells dowfall of anu the commercial activity. A most pressing concern is how to motivate your employees if you see that your production is going downhill.

The first major step is to not look on the other side of the fence. Look at how you are running the company.Do you have the right system in place? Are you paying your employees their rightful wage? Is there anything you can do to improve the way your employees look at their day-to-day work?

You should also do the same introspection regarding your company. Do you have a good employer brand that makes your employees want to stick it out no matter what? Are you selling products or services that are of high quality and that the general public really needs?

If you do this self-examination before looking at the level of employee motivation in your company, and do the necessary remedial actions, you already won half the battle. But if you refuse to look at yourself, you will never be able to get to the right employee motivation strategies to perk up your production.

The next major step is to understand what motivates your employees. This would mean you have to get to know the wishes and desires of your employees, each one of them. It doesn't mean that you are going to provide all their wants, but you must be able to see the most common things that move them to be more productive and then try your best to provide them these things.

Employee motivation doesn't necessarily mean workers being satisfied or engaged in their jobs. As it is, high job satisfaction doesn't always equate to high productivity. It is what drives people, and how you can use this information so that they can be more productive, satisfied and happier in their jobs.