Motivation is one of the key ingredients of business success, even in the current economic crisis, where fears of lay-offs, company closures and downsizing are affecting staff morale.

Recognizing these effects on staff morale, do manifest in small ways that could become a deciding factor in how productivity and attitudes inside your organization determine your Organizations future.

1. Absenteeism

Raising rates of absenteeism signals an increase in members of your staff becoming more unmotivated. In an economic crisis, it could also signal some members of staff, are looking for a better position elsewhere. 2. Time Wasting

Staff taking longer breaks, talking about matters not relating to work, telephoning friends and even surfing the internet during working hours, are signs that interest in their job is waning. 3. Gossiping, and Rumor Mongering

The worst de-motivational effects are active gossiping, and rumor mongering inside the working environment. This is a major de-stabilizing effect on how staff work, and often leads to open conflict within staff members.

Identifying the gossips, and rumor mongers, then assessing their reasons to resorting to this behavior, could identify the reason behind this behavior. 4. Bucking the System

Making expense claims for unrelated items, using the company car for personal reasons, and "borrowing" office equipment for personal use. Are just some of the signs of "bucking the system." signs that could return to open resentment if you allow this trend to continue, then suddenly attempt to stop these smaller abuses of the system. 5. Challenging of Policy

In the natural business cycle, rigid company policies often become outdated, rather then change with the natural flow of the business cycle. Often company policies are challenged, if your staff are becoming dissatisfied or unmotivated. This may or may not be the fault of the organizations system, but in the short term, challenging policy without the opportunity of discussing ways to change it, leave employees more dissatisfied, and more liable to either leave or even disrupt the general working environment. 6. Bureaucracy

In an active working environment, bureaucracy can be perceived as a meaningless or time wasting task. If a Company increases its bureaucracy at the expense of active working tasks, then it can lead to a decrease in productivity, and de- motivate employees.Excessive bureaucracy, could lead to a de-motivated, resentful workforce that produce eternally instead of externally, leading to less productivity. Often more bureaucratically minded employees excel in this environment, at the expense of more active employees. No working environment is perfect, no workforce is completely satisfied in any condition. However, identifying de-motivational factors in the workplace, and correcting them, is often the key to raising productivity, creating less staff turnover, and a happier more congestive workplace.

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