As some of you know I live and work in Madrid/Spain. And as you probably also know we are getting out of a important crisis nationwide. And for quite some years now I serve small companies here in the south of Madrid. And every time I hear from the sponsers that there is simple NO additional cash to "Reward" people with more money when they acomplish their individual goals within the project activities. So now I am investigating how to motivate and reward the team members with some sort of a different "Reward" scheme.
The only thing I came up with is in exchange of a good completion of the individual activities, is in return giving them time off from work. Example: letting them go earlier home, getting in later, etc.
Hoping that some one can give me some valuable input, on the matter? Your feedback would be highly appreciated Many thanks in advance. Regards, Paco Saving Changes...
Many project team members enjoy learning new skills, Paco. Consider giving less critical work to team members who would enjoy tackling it. It''s a win-win situation. As an example, I had someone who was hired as a technical writer and I noticed he had potential as a business analyst. On my next small project, I requested him specifically. He was glad for the opportunity which he accomplished fairly and it provided him with a taste of something new. Saving Changes...
Unfortunately the projects I do are in small companies and it doesn´t happen often that the same company calls me for a second project where I can request for a specific person. Based on what I could see where you work I assume you have more space/locations where you can do various projects and ask for specific people.
You can still make it work on your current project. Just make sure you keep an eye out for assignment opportunities during your project. For example, a programmer might be willing to try other, early activities (analysis, design, ...) while waiting for her own activities to start.
Bala S DuvvuriProject Manager| ShellBangalore, Karnataka, India
In my opinion first we need to understand what actually motivates a team member it can vary from learning new skills, taking additional responsibilities, monetary rewards, recognition in public and based on that you can plan your reward system to suit to each individual. Saving Changes...
This sound very good: assignment opportunities. Will keep this in mind.. this is something I did encounter, when speaking to the people in the companies.
Oh, btw. Weekend starts the day after tomorrow. Your spanish is better than my english :-) Many thanks for your reply. Regards, Paco Saving Changes...
Yes, Paco. I am taking tomorrow off so *my* weekend starts tomorrow.
Que le vaya bien! Saving Changes...
Joseph AbboudCorporate Trainer and Management Consultant| FreelancerKaslik, Lebanon
Paco, don''t laugh at my reply or take it for granted :)
I had a similar issue a year back. The solution came from my daughter as she was watching me searching for reward systems on google.
She said: "Dad, i found few nice ideas for you on Pinterest.com
Just type Reward systems and look it yourself"
Well I hope this idea helps. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
I am located in Argentina so I really understand your point. What we do in this type of situations is: first, understand what we need to achieve by giving a reward to our people. I know it could sound not well but unfortunately the top level management demanded that to agree in implementing some kind of rewarding. Second we try to understand how our people "will be more rich" with the reward than without it where rich does not means more money. It is amazing but most of the people demanded more work time flexibility. Third we worked taking into account that it is impossible to become happy to all our people. Saving Changes...
Michael AdamsSolutions Architect| LANLLos Alamos, Nm, United States
Hola Paco,
Find out from your team, what would make the project worth their while. Ask them, what they''d like to get out of participating on the team. Let them know you can''t promise it but that you''ll do what you can to make it happen. On my teams, I can''t get money, but sometimes we have five dollar gift cards for a coffee shop or a sandwich shop. Those are always appreciated.
Some people want public recognition, so I make sure to give that to the folks who appreciate it. Some people like a quiet thank you, so I make sure to give those to everyone, and to let them know what, specifically I appreciated about their performance.
Example, "Jenn, I really appreciated how your reports were always submitted using the same template and they were always on time. It really made a difference. Thank you!"
I also have emailed people''s manager, and CCd the employee with specific praise for what they did that made things work. I usually try to close my notes with something like: I think we''re very fortunate to have "frank" here. Thanks for making him available to help on this project, his contributions were considerable and appreciated.
Hope this helps. Let me know if it makes any difference for you, or if you find something more helpful! Saving Changes...
Mazen AlRefaaiSr Engineer| Saudi Bin Ladin GroupMecca, Saudi Arabia
As my experince,
In construction projects, The goals can be identified from the schedule and identify the reward depend on time or resources saving compare to the estimated Saving Changes...
