Top Ten Ways to Drive Off Workers

Do you want to know what deflates worker motivation and ruins their morale? Here's a top ten list from an HR expert:

  1. Micromanagement.
  2. Failure to provide feedback or recognition.
  3. Management that ignores employees' ideas and suggestions.
  4. Supervisors who intentionally ignore unacceptable behavior.
  5. A "Do it because I told you to" management style.
  6. Bosses who pass down the grief and stress that they receive from their superiors.
  7. Workplaces that are messy, disorganized, or unsafe.
  8. Being assigned tasks without receiving adequate training
  9. Insincere thanks.
  10. Insignificant raises.

--Adapted from the Kansas City Star

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