Motivation

When motivation is slipping on tasks being performed by volunteers who have other full time jobs, the learning team suggests that in order to analyze the cause of the motivation problem, an effective manager needs to look at what drives the volunteers and the outside factors that may be affecting performance.

We know that each of the volunteers was motivated to sign up for different reasons. Whether to gain popularity amongst peers, personal satisfaction or even to move a step closer to a promotion; as a manager, one needs to identify these motivational factors and use them to encourage those who are waiving in performance. Sometimes it just takes a little push or reminder for team members to get going on the right track. Meeting with the volunteers personally and having them reinstate their goals was discussed as the best way to accomplish this.

Also, outside factors such as family problems or too much workload may cause performance and motivation to...