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This is everyone need HAPPY

join your society activity and be happy with them by good communication skill and other knowledge sharing without shyness and always keep in touch with each other within every friends mind although we are not the same race.Sharing is caring(n_n).

Never Give up

' When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place ' - Unknown

Don't Quit

When things go wrong as they sometimes will, When the road you're trudging seems all up hill, When the funds are low and the debts are high And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest if you must, but don't you quit. - Edgar A. Guest

Lives are very worth but valuable thing isn't live in every Lives

I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.” ― Albert Einstein

the amazing thing you've never thought

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. - Walter Bagehot

Friday, March 27, 2015

Google Adsense Test Answers Elance Answers (100% clarified)

1. If you wish to change the status of an ad group, what are the options in the Change status drop-down menu?     Enable, Pause, Delete
    Export, Import, Yes, No
    Enable, Disable, Export
    Start, Stop, Continue
2. Earnings thresholds depend on which of the following?
    Time of Sign Out
    Time of Sign in
    Reporting Currency
3. Which of these units are able to be used in experiments?
    Idle Ad units
    Responsive Ad units
    Active ad units
    Ad units already being used in another experiment
4. Which title describes those who can see a list of users having access to an account?
    Administrators
    Standard Users but not Administrators
    Standard Users and Administrators
    Standard Users for 30 days
5. How many ads are allowed to be placed on websites with dynamic content as the focus?
    Two
    One
    Ads are not allowed on sites with dynamic content as the primary focus
    Three
6. Publishers receive a higher percentage for which Adsense product?
    Both of these, priced the same
    Adsense for content
    None of these
    Adsense for search
7. In order to use Adsense for mobile you must have all but the following?
    A non mobile compliant webpage
    a mobile markup language such as XHTML
    server side scripting, PHP or ASP
8. The group you wish to reach out to through ads is called?
    Troll sites
    Target Audience
    Silent Audience
    Great Crowd
9. Which of these is not a Google Adsense product?
    Video
    Computing
    Search
    Content
10. If you wish to manually add the encoding for Google Adsense, where should it be pasted for it to operate correctly?
    Within the <DEV></DEV> tag
    Within the <JAVA></JAVA> tag
    Within the <CSS></CSS> tag
    Within the <BODY></BODY> tag
1. You want to schedule a backup of your site database but do not have enough permissions to access your host. Which of the following choices can help you perform this task?
b. Install “wp database backup” plug-in.
2. Which of the following actions must be performed before upgrading WordPress?
f. a, b, and c
3. Which of the following files must be deleted after installing WordPress?
d. None of these files.
4. A possible way to install WordPress in your language is to _________________.
a. manually install language package or translate as necessary
5. Which of the following actions must you perform to move your site from “/wordpress” to “/blog/wordpress”?
c. Update the database.
6 .On which of the following databases can WordPress be installed by default?
a. MySQL
7. WordPress’s requirements are modest. At minimum, your server should support:
b. PHP version 4.3 or greater, MySQL version 4.0 or greater
8. Can you Override database values for your site URLs in wp-config.php?
a. Yes
9 .After moving a WordPress site to a new host. If you changed your site’s URL. Do you have to update your posts and pages to correct paths to your uploaded media files?
a. Yes
10. Is it able to run more than one site/blog from a single installation of WordPress?
a. Yes
11. What is the first action you need to take for enabling WordPress MU feature?
c. Add this code to wp-config.php file: define( ‘WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE’, true );
12. Which of the following actions must be performed before enabling the Network feature?
b. Deactive your plugins
13. Is supper cache a built-in plugin of WordPress?
b. No
14. After how many times did you enter an invalid password, your IP Address would be locked?
e. no limit
15 .Super Cache compression can cause problems if your server is _______
c. already compressing output using mod_deflate (on Apache) or PHP compression (zlib)
16. Can you choose your username during the installation process from which version?
c. 3.0
17. Can you move your wp-config.php file to the parent directory without changing any settings?
b. Yes, provided that you are installing WordPress in your web root directory (such as public_html). Otherwise, it is imposible.
18 .Can you move your wp-content folder elsewhere or rename it to something else without changing any settings?
b. No
19. A possible way to collect real-time statistics about traffic to a WordPress site is to:
b.use a plug-in
20 How can the use of html code in comments be disabled?
c.By changing the theme’s source code.
21. The date/time format of a WordPress site can be changed in __________________.
b.admin settings
22 _________________ is a good way to improve the performance of a WordPress blog.
c.Installing the “wp super cache” plug-in
23. Which of the following blog sites can be imported into WordPress?
d.Opera
24. Which of the following actions must be performed to import data from WordPress.com?
c. Login wordpress.com, then export data by export tool, and import a exported xml file to your site.
25 Which of the following data can you import from Blogger site?
c.Posts, comments, and users
26. Can you import content from joomla or mambo site into wordpress?
a.Yes
27 Can you import content from static HTML files into wordpress?
a.Yes
28 Which of the following actions must be fixed after importing data into wordpress?
d. All of above data
29. How many built-in user roles does WordPress have?
4
Note: they are “Administrator”, “Editor”, “Author”, “Contributer” and “Subscriber”
30. Can users change their avatar on profile setting panel?
b.No
31. Can you add an extra fields to user’s profiles (as birth day, birth year,..)?
a. Yes
32. ____________ can do anything in the WordPress administration area: write, edit, and delete posts, pages, links, and comments; upload media files of any type; import content; manage the Dashboard; create, edit, and delete other users; enable and configure plugins and themes; change the site’s theme; and manage all the available options.
Administrator
33 ____________ can publish, edit, and delete posts and pages written by any user. They can upload some kinds of files, and they can write HTML without restrictions. They can manage links and categories, and they can moderate comments. Editors and administrators are also the only users allowed to read private posts and pages.
Editor
34_____________ can publish, edit, and delete their own posts. They cannot write pages. They can upload some kinds of media files, and they are allowed to use only the limited set of HTML tags.
Author
35 ____________ can write their own posts but may not publish or delete them. Their HTML is limited to the set of allowed tags and they cannot upload media files.
Contributor
36 ____________ can manage their own profiles, but can do virtually nothing else in the administration
area.
37. User Level 0 converts to …
Subscriber
38. User Level 1 converts to …
a. Contributor
39.User Level 3 converts to …
Author
40.User Level 7 converts to …
Editor
41. User Level 10 converts to …
Administrator
42. Which of the following role levels has the highest privilege?
b. Level_10
43 .Does author have the ability to create a category?
b. No
44 . A possible way to allow the display of several authors’ names on one post is to ______
d. use a plug-i
45. Which of the following methods can be used to enable posting via e-mail?
b. Configuring the feature in admin settings.
46.Image size limits can be set _______________.
c. in the admin settings
47. A taxonomy is a _______
c. group of terms
48. in which version were custom taxonomies introduced?
a. 2.3
49. Which of the below functions is required to create a new taxonomy?
b. register_taxonomy
50.Which of the following methods is required to post html code for others to read?
a. Replacing special characters with corresponding html codes or character codes.
51.Can you set individual password for each post?
a. Yes
52.Who of the following persons can read a post locked by password?
c. Anyone who knows a password
53.What is the limitation to the depth of your categories?
c. No limit levels
54. Can you set the same slug for two categories that have different parents?
b. No
55. Can a post belong to more than one category?
a. Yes
56. Can you limit the number of revisions WordPress stores by _____
a. adding the following line to your wp-config.php file: define(‘WP_POST_REVISIONS’, 3);
b. using a plugin
57. Are categories and tags not available for pages?
a. Yes
58. Which of following action must be performed before using Akismet Plugin?
b. Create an account at wordpress.com.
59. Which of the following tasks should be performed before installing any widget?
c. Verify that your WordPress theme is widget-ready.
60. In order to display a widget, the user must _________________.
b. drag the desired widget to the side bar
61. To manually make the sidebar widget-ready, the user must ______________.
a. modify the sidebar.php file
62. Which of the following methods can be used to eliminate spam?
e. a and b
63. Which of the following tasks must be performed to add a favicon icon to your site?
e. a and b
64. How can a logo be placed on a WordPress header?
a. Manually add the logo to the source code.
65. Which of the following theme files can be used to customize the “page not found error” error page?
b. 404.php
66. Is the functions.php file required in each theme?
b. No
67. Which of the following files are required for completing your theme?
c. Index.php and style.css
68. What is the name of theme file for a page with slug ‘about’?
b. page-about.php
69. What is the name of theme file for a page with id ‘3’?
b. page-3.php
70. ‘Slug’ is higher priority in use than ‘id’ in Template Hierarchy?
a. Yes
71. Can you create a specific theme file for a custom content type?
a. Yes
72. What is the right order (by priority in use) to display page in Template Hierarchy?
a. page-{slug}.php, page-{id}.php, page.php, index.php
73. What is the right order (by priority in use) to display category in Template Hierarchy?
c. category -{slug}.php, category-{id}.php, category.php, archive.php, index.php
74. What is the right order (by priority in use) to display tag in Template Hierarchy?
c. tag -{slug}.php, tag -{id}.php, tag.php, archive.php, index.php
75. What is the right order (by priority in use) to display taxonomies in Template Hierarchy?
b. taxonomy -{taxonomy}-{term}.php, taxonomy-{taxonomy}.php, taxonomy.php, archive.php, index.php
76. Where can Google Adsense be integrated into a WordPress blog?
c. Anywhere.
77. One way to get posts from a specific day is to ____________________.
b. use the query_posts loop in the source code
78. The “function_exists()” function can be used to check whether a plug-in is activated or not.
a. True
79. Conditional tags can be used to _______________________.
c. change the content to be displayed
80. The WordPress loop can be used ____________________.
b. to display every post
81. Using ____________is a good way to ensure that a WordPress site is indexed by search engines.
a. a sitemap
82. Which of the following statements regarding permalinks on a WordPress site is true?
b. Permalinks are optional but highly recommended.
83. In which of the following ways can a redirect feature be added to a permalink?
e. a and b
84. One way to make a WordPress page title more SEO friendly is to ____________.
c. change the title tag in header.php to something like “blog name »» category »» post name”
85. Meta tags can be added to WordPress pages by ________________.
a. using plug-ins
b. adding them to the header.php file
86. Which of the following methods can be used to make permalinks SEO friendly?
1. Who of the following persons can read a post locked by password?
Ans. Anyone who knows a password.

2. A possible way to allow the display of several authors’ names on one post is to _____
Ans. use a plug-in

3.  One way to make a wordpress page title more SEO frienly is to _____.
Ans. change the title tag in header.php to something like "blog name >> category >> post name"

4. Which of the following methods can be used to eliminate spam?
Ans. a and b

5. A possible way to install Wordpress in your language is to _____.
Ans. manually install language package or translate as necessary

6. How can the use of html code in comments be disabled?
Ans. By changing the theme's source code.

7. _____ can do anything in the WordPress administration area: write, edit, and delete posts, pages, links, and comments; upload media files of any type; import content; manage the Dashboard; create, edit and delete other users; enable and configure plugins and themes; change the site's theme; and manage all the available options.
Ans. Administrator

8. To manually make the sidebar widget-ready, the user must _____
Ans. modify the sidebar.php file

9. Which of the following role levels has the highest privilege?
Ans. Level_10

10. One way to get posts from a specific day is to _____
Ans. use the query_posts loop in the source code

11. What is the right order (by priority in use) to display category in Template Hierarchy?
Ans. category -{slug}.php, category-{id}.php, category.php, archive.php, index.php

12. Which of the following data can you import from Blogger site?
Ans. Posts, comments and users

13. Does author have the ability to create a category?
Ans. No

14. What is the limitation to the depth of your categories?
Ans. No limit levels

15. Which of the following tasks should be performed before installing any widget?
Ans. Verify that your WordPress theme is widget-ready.

16. A taxonomy is a _____.
Ans. group of terms

17. What is the name of theme file for a page with slug 'about'?
Ans. page-about.php

18. Which of the following methods is required to post html code for others to read?
Ans. None of the above: Wordpress auto-replaces special characters with substituted characters.

19. Which of the following actions must be performed to import data from wordpress.com
Ans. Login wordpress.com, then export data by export tool, and import a exported xml file to your site.

20. Can you override database values for your sit URLs in wp-config.php?
Ans. Yes
Question: A possible way to collect real-time statistics about traffic to a WordPress site is to
a) use a built-in tool
b) use a plug-in  (Answer)
c) use a widget
d) None of the above
Question: In order to to display a widget, the user must _____
a) Set he “Show Property” of the desired widget to “true”
b) Drag the desired widget of the side bar  (answer)
c) Add the Desired widget to the post
d) Change the source code
Question: Image size can be set __________
a) Directly in the post’s
b) in the wp-imageresize plug-in
c) in the admin settings (Answer)
d) a and b
Question: Which of the following blog site can be imported into wordpress?
a) Joomla (Answer)
B) Yahoo Blog (Answer)
c) Drupal (Answer)
d) Blogspot
e) All of the above
Question: Which of the following methods can be used to display the time in every post?
A) Changing the config file
B) Setting the feature in the admin settings
C) Changing the index.php file (answer)
D) Updating the database
Question : Which of the following methods can be used to make permalinksSEO friendly?
A) Updating the database
B) Changing the source code
C) Configuring the features in the config file
D) Configuring the features in the admin settings (Answer)
Question: Where can Google Adsense be integrated into a WordPress blog?
A) Only in the sidebar (Answer)
B) Only in the header
C) Anywhere
d) Only in the content
Question: Which of the following are true about Template Tags?
A) The template tag comprises of the three tag (PHP code tag, WordPress function, optional Parameters)
B) A template tag is code that instruct WordPress to do or get somethings (Answer)
C) There are only two types of parameters that are supported by wordpress template tag (String, Boolean)
D) All of the above
Question: Which of the following files are mandatory for a WordPress theme?
A) Index.php (Answer)
B) Style.css (Answer)
C) functions.php
D) page.php
Question: Contributor may change the timestamp on a post?
A) True
B) False (Answer)
Question: “Shortcodes” can be defined in WordPress.
A) True (Ture)
B) False
Question: Which of the following statements are true regarding widgets and plug-in in WordPress?
A) Plug-in is a software used to add function to blog (Answer)
B) Widget is an object derived from a plug-in and can be added to the sidebar (Answer)
C) Widgets are alwasy plugins (Answer)
D) All of the above
Question: A plug-in must be used in order to allow users to post flast or multimedia files.
A) True (Answer)
B) Flase
Question: The “function_exist()” function can be used to check whether a plug-in activated or not?
A) True (Answer)
B) False
Question: To manually make the sidebar widget ready, the user must___
A) modify the sidebar.php file (Or this)
B) Enable it in the admin settings (Answer)
C) Change the index.php
Question: A theme’s source code must be changed manually in order to customize the admin login page
A) True
B) False (Answer)
Question: Which of the following tasks must be performed to add a favicon icon to your site?
A) Upload a favicon icon to your side
B) Add a favicon link to the theme’s header file or update the exising favicon icon link to the new one (Answer)
C) Change the favicon icon in admin settings
D) The favicon icon can not be changed
Question: How can a WordPress blog theme be used to display content in two coloumns?
A) By changing the theme options to two columns in admin settings
B) By changing the layout in the config file (Answer)
C) WordPress theme cannot be customized to display posts in two columns
D) By using two-columns theme (Answer)
Question: Which of the following method helps you put HTML code into a post, and get it to format the way you expect?
A) Replacing special characters with corresponding html codes or character codes
B) Using the <codegt; <pre=”” c)=”” tag=”” the=”” using=””>tag
D) None of the above : WordPres auto-replaces special character with substituted characters
Question: Which of the following options are true regarding Plug-ins in WorpPress?
A) Plug-ins can be used to eliminate spam (Answer)
B) Plug-ins can be used to integrate a WordPress blog with a forum (Answer)
C) Plug-ins can be used to integrate Twitter with a WordPress blog (Answer)
D) Plug-ins can be used to embed javascript in a WordPress blog
E) All of the above
Question: How can a logo be placed on a WordPress header?
A) Manually add the logo to the source code (answer)
B) Upload a new logo in admin settings
C) Update the logo path in the config file
Question: Which of the following is a good reason to delete the admin account?
A) Because other users know this admin name (Answer)
B) Because it is not necessary
C) To enhance performance
D) TO enhance security (Answer)
Question: Which of the following keywords can be defined as “Those useful ‘one-click‘ buttons that insert code for you?
A) Quicktags (Answer)
B) Shotcodes
C) Permalinks
D) Excerpts
Question: Which of the following methods can be used to add Pagination to a WordPress site?
A) Using a widget
B) Setting the feature in the admin settings
C) Using a plug-in (Answer)
D) Pagination cannot be added to WordPress site
Question: Which of the following methods can be used to enable posting via e-mail?
A) Installing the wp-emailpost plug-in
B) Configuring the feature in admin settings (Answer)
C) Using a widget
D) This feature is not available in WordPress
Question: Which of the following are true regarding Pages in WordPress?
A) Pages are listed in reverse chronological order
B) Pages can be static
C) Pages can be found in Categories
D) Page are not associated with a date/time like post
Question: State whether True or False
Wordpress supports all the following:
1. Create new posts
2. Edit Posts
3. Schedule post for future publishing
A) True
B) False
Question: Which of the following role level has the highest privilege?
A) Level_0
B) Level_10 (Answer)
C) Depends on your settings
D) Every role has the same privilege
Question: A possible way to add additional information to a wordpress blog post is to ____
A) Use the wp-addinfor plug-in
B) Use custom fields
C) Use a widget
Question: Which of the following actions performed before upgrading WordPress?
A) Back up the site (Answer)
B) Disable plugins (Answer)
C) Enable FTP on the site
D) All of the above
Question: Which of the following methods can be used to eliminate spam?
A) Using the “wp-captcha-free” plug-in
B) Using the “askimet” plug-in (Answer)
C) Using a widget
D) None of the above
Question: Which of the following needs to be edited in order to creat the function for the shortcode?
A) Index.php
B) functions.php (Answer)
C) post.php
D) page.php
Question: Which of the following arguments are accepted in shortcodes handler function while using shortcode API?
A) $atts
B) $Content
C) $code
D) All of the above (Answer)
Question:A plug-in must be used in order to allow users to post flash of multimedia files.
a)True(Answer)
b)False
Question: You want to schedule a backup of your site database but do not have enough permission to access your host. of the following choices can help you perform this task?
a)se phpMyAdmin
b)Install “wp database backup” plug-in(Answer)
3)Use cron job to schedule.
4)Cannot schedule
Question: Using ——— is a good way to ensure that a WordPress site is indexed by search engines.
a)a sitemap
b)robot.txt
c)a widge
1. Using ——— is a good way to ensure that a WordPress site is indexed by search engines.
a) a sitemap
b) robot.txt(Answer)
c) a widge
2.You want to schedule a backup of your site database but do not have enough permission to access your host. of the following choices can help you perform this task?
a)se phpMyAdmin
b)Install “wp database backup” plug-in(Answer)
3)Use cron job to schedule.
4)Cannot schedule
3. A plug-in must be used in order to allow users to post flash of multimedia files.
a)True(Answer)
b)False
4. A possible way to add additional information to a word press blog post is to ____
A) Use the wp-addinfor plug-in
B) Use custom fields
C) Use a widget
5. State whether True or False
WordPress supports all the following:
1. Create new posts
2. Edit Posts
3. Schedule post for future publishing
A) True
B) False
6. A theme’s source code must be changed manually in order to customize the admin login page
A) True
B) False (Answer)
7. To manually make the sidebar widget ready, the user must___
A) modify the sidebar.php file (Or this)
B) Enable it in the admin settings (Answer)
C) Change the index.php
8. The “function_exist()” function can be used to check whether a plug-in activated or not?
A) True (Answer)
B) False
9. A plug-in must be used in order to allow users to post flast or multimedia files.
A) True (Answer)
B) Flase
10. “Shortcodes” can be defined in WordPress.
A) True (Ture)
B) False
11. Contributor may change the timestamp on a post?
A) True
B) False (Answer)
12. Image size can be set __________
a) Directly in the post’s
b) in the wp-imageresize plug-in
c) in the admin settings (Answer)
d) a and b
13. In order to to display a widget, the user must _____
a) Set he “Show Property” of the desired widget to “true”
b) Drag the desired widget of the side bar (answer)
c) Add the Desired widget to the post
d) Change the source code
14. A possible way to collect real-time statistics about traffic to a WordPress site is to
a) use a built-in tool
b) use a plug-in (Answer)
c) use a widget
d) None of the above

How to Motivate Staff

When the work seems trivial, it's hard to keep employees going. Whether it's because they're bored, they're not invested, or they just don't like their work, you're up against the same beast: a lack of motivation. However, it's not about the work: it's about the environment you create. Create the right one, and you'll have happy, motivated employees, who find it easy to be productive and content.

Part 1 of 3: Motivating Them as a Team

1. Utilize an employee incentive compensation program. Instead of increasing wages (which no boss wants to hear), start an employee incentive compensation program, like an Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP). This way, when the company does well, the employees all benefit, from the CEO to the warehouse workers. Since they want to reap the benefits, they’ll be motivated to do their part to make that happen. In their minds, right now their paycheck comes whether the company soars or not – this way, its success affects them, too.
  • This can (and should) be a program that gives them incentive they can share with their families, which has been seen to be an incredible motivator across companies.For those that are adults with families to support, it can be a huge reason to stick around for the company if their families benefit, too.
2. Help them see why their work is important. Presumably, the company was started for a larger reason than just getting a paycheck. Maybe the higher-ups see that, but for employees, every day is just the humdrum of the everyday. It’s work, work, and more work. Make sure they see how their work gets the company to its end goals and how valuable that is. You may be surprised that it’s not even something they think about.
  • Let's say you need to motivate your staff at McDonald's. They're flipping burgers and getting pretty tired of it. Remind them that in addition to getting a paycheck, they're working for a larger cause: getting people tasty food quickly – and cheaply, too. They're helping out all the people whose lives are stressed for time or money. This gives them a reason to work – because they may not have one.

3. Make it clear how important each step is to the bigger picture. It’s easy for employees to look at data input, for example, and slack off because it "doesn’t really matter.” However, if step 1 isn’t completed, step 2, 3, 4, and 5 can’t be completed either. Make it clear that every little thing they do helps the company be more successful.
  • Be sure to share with your employees the vision for the company, letting them know what exactly they're working on and why. When they don't know what their work means to the company, they've no reason to be motivated to do it.
4.. Keep the work environment happy, clean, and fun. Imagine a group of people who work in an office full of gray cubicles with no art on the walls, where the copiers are out of ink and the coffee maker hasn't worked in weeks. How happy are they going to be? Not very. Make sure coming to work is fun to keep them motivated – here are a few ideas:
  • Get color on the walls in the form of art and motivational posters
  • Have dress-up days with themes (pajamas to work, anyone?)
  • Bring a special breakfast into the office one day a week routinely
  • Make sure all the equipment is working to keep work easy to complete
  • Have in-house activities, like games and get-to-know-yous for morale

5. Start the day with a team huddle. Every sports team starts in the locker room for a pep talk for a reason – it gets them in the zone and centered on what they need to do. Just 10 or 15 minutes each morning dedicated to how awesome the team is doing and what they’re doing today to be even ‘’more’’ awesome will not only get them jazzed for work, but help them feel appreciated, too.
  • Don't hesitate to take a couple of minutes of talking about "how" everyone is, too. When you get a chance to personally see that Sally is trying to type between coughs and sneezes, you can let her know that she should take it easy. This lets her know you care and gives her a reason to work hard – she wouldn't want to disappoint someone who cares about her and her performance.
6. Give employees “project promotions.” Say Dave comes to you with a really great idea for a side project. Instead of saying, “Yeah, Dave! Go for it!” (which is fine), say, “Dave, you’re fired from your normal job. You are now CEO of Side Project #1. Show me what you can do!” And Dave will eat it up.
  • We all need a sense of importance. When you have a large team that is all essentially doing the same thing, people start thinking they don't matter because it's the logical conclusion. Giving them little promotions and encouraging side projects is an easy way to get around that.
7.  Involve them in decision making. Companies make dozens of decisions every day. Often, this is without even talking to the employees, and sometimes without even letting them know of the changes. This makes them feel incredibly isolated and undervalued, so do away with this by involving them in the process. They can bounce around ideas and shoot out potential solutions (and some might be ‘’very’’ good) – and you can take them or leave them.
  • It doesn't matter if the ideas are implemented, just that they were involved. The employees should feel as if they're on the same page as everyone, not that they're left behind. If they feel left behind, they'll eventually stop bothering to follow at all.

Part 2 of 3: Motivating Them Individually

1. Equip every individual for their job. When a team member feels incompetent or insecure about his or her job performance, their job performance suffers. They don’t try as hard as they’re just not happy. Avoid this by ensuring they’re equipped for their job. Give them workshops, seminars, and coaching to keep them on the right track.
  • Ideally, your work organization already has this – it's just a matter of knowing who to utilize it for. When you start getting feedback from your employees, you'll know exactly who needs what.
2. Use gags and gimmicks as status symbols. You know how in grade school your teacher would give you gold stars for doing a good job? Now that you're dealing with adults, nothing's changed. Humans are pretty simple when it comes to some things, and little status symbols can be quite meaningful. Here are some ideas:
  • A plastic whale for a "whale" of a job
  • A Pillsbury doughboy for the person "raising the most bread"
  • Cardboard stars colored or spray-painted for star-studded performances

3. Latch onto their personal motivators. If you listen to a person for just a few minutes, it won’t be too hard to figure out what gets them energized. Sit down with each employee and just get them talking about their work and the company. What bothers them? What do they see in the future? What are they excited about?
  • For example, knowing that Jose is excited about the company expanding to different countries, you could get him started on an international project – and that means Jose will be happy and stick around. Things like this can largely reduce employee turnover, too.
  • Keep an eye out for personal triggers, too. Does Jose hate mornings and in general feel a lag in his productivity? Tell him that it’s fine if he comes into work an hour or so late – as long as he keeps up the good work, of course!


4. Listen to what they're saying. Employees aren't monkeys that should be left in a room for 8 hours a day to press buttons. They’re not robots who tick away happily until their batteries need replacing. They’re people who need to feel like they matter. The easiest way to do that that’s 100% free? Just listen to them. Start a casual chat once in a while, making it clear that you care about their happiness. In this instance, a little goes a long, long way.
  • You have power in this situation. What can you do to make them happier? If there's something you can do, do it! Because a happy employee is motivated, does work they're proud of, and, through it all, sticks around.
5. Respect them as real, individual people. There are too many people out there that take their power and abuse it. Just because your staff is “below” you doesn’t mean they do not deserve to be respected. If you were in their shoes, how would you want to be treated? Not respecting your employees as individuals that are trying to do good work is one of the most demotivating things you can do to them.
  • If you were in their position once, think back to what it was like. What kind of boss did you wish you had? What kind of boss would make you want to work?
6.  Give them praise. Everybody wants to know how they’re doing, and everybody ‘’really’’ wants praise. Take a minute out of our day (as consistently as possible) just to say, “Keep it up!” This lets the employees know you’re aware of the work that you’re doing (holding them accountable) and makes them feel proud of themselves (keeping them going).
  • Do this in front of everyone. This has a number of effects: it makes the other person feel like the big kahuna, it makes everyone else crave that same praise, and for those that have heard it before, it makes them harken back to their praise, raising their moods, too.

Part 3 of 3: Motivating Them Yourself


1 .  Listen to what they think needs improvement. Employees see a different side of the company than you do. Because of this, they’ll have a better idea of what needs improvement on their end. Often, these ideas will make their jobs easier, leading to more productivity.
  • Whether it's a more reliable copier or a different manner of invoicing, remember that small holes sink ships, and small fixes keep them afloat. Try to implement as many of their ideas as possible – not only to increase workflow but also to make them feel valued and listened to.


2. Keep the feedback coming. Whether it’s positive or negative, employees need to know how they’re doing and that they’re on the right track. Structure allows them to breathe easier. With feedback, they know exactly what is expected of them and in what areas they can improve upon. This makes you happier too, getting your point across!
  • Be sure to keep the feedback personal. Don't parade about talking about how great one employee is while not giving praise to the others. And the opposite is even more true: don't berate a person openly. They'll feel dejected, unmotivated, and downright terrible.

3. Invest in your employees’ lives. Mentor, coach, and align them for the future. To make them into a valuable employee, they need skills they can use for a long time coming. Give them opportunities to better their entire lives, not just to keep them punched in doing overtime. When they have a gig that gives them life skills, they'll see the value in their work.
  • Make it clear you’re interested in their work-life balance. Investing in their lives also means investing in their happiness. This can range from asking questions about their families to going out to happy hour to initiating a work trip. You want balanced, unstressed individuals as employees, not unmotivated drones who count the seconds ticking by.

4.  Make everything personal. Getting an automatic email from your company saying, “Wow! You’ve worked a million hours for us! Thanks!” is nice, sure (if you know the HR department perhaps), but getting a hand-written note from your boss (even if you don’t know him or her) would mean the world.
  • Take these little opportunities, from birthdays to congratulations to condolences. When your employees can feel your presence, they'll feel like they're a valued part of the company – after all, why else would you spend this time on them?
5. Be a little weird. Imagine a boss who comes to work every day in a suit and tie, goes straight to his office, and only calls you in when he’s giving you a performance review. Fun, huh? Now imagine a boss who, once in a while, comes to work in a monkey outfit, gives everyone bananas, and throws impromptu meetings every so often (sometimes in the monkey outfit) to talk to his team, get a feel for how things are going, and update everyone on where the company is at. Which boss would make you want to come to work?
  • Okay, so you don’t have to wear a monkey outfit. But coming to work with a box of banana cream donuts wouldn't hurt!
  • Take part of your lunch break to crack jokes with your team. Laughter is contagious and can keep everyone's spirits up under the pressure of work and deadlines.
  • Let them see you as a person, quirks and all. Making yourself real will turn you into a person with feelings whom they respect and don't want to disappoint.


Tips


  • Give the staff a break every once in a while. If there's something relaxing that people enjoy, rotate that "chore" around. For instance, if somebody needs to take the mail down to the mailbox, and several people like to get outside every once in a while, let various people do it.
  • Have a staff party, play games and give out prizes. Relate the games to the job. You could do a pop quiz to see how many phone extensions people have memorized, or who can list the most company products that start with a certain letter.
  • Make an idea/suggestion box, review it occasionally, and implement the good ideas. Take all suggestions seriously. Sometimes it's the unusual ideas that can revitalize a workplace.
  • Recognize that most people work for their living, and that encouragement goes only so far before people want raises when they are consistently productive at their jobs. If you truly cannot give raises, give perks to deserving employees, such as a better workspace, more interesting projects, or the chance to meet people who can advance that employee's career.

Warnings

  • Don't expect to be friends with people you supervise, even if you were friends before you were their supervisor. You are now primarily their supervisor, and casual or inappropriate speech, especially suggestive comments, can lead to lawsuits.

 


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