Gratitude And Employee Motivation
When we talk about ways to foster gratitude and motivation in the workplace, we’ll often talk about manners. And these go beyond saying please and thank you. Manners are nothing more or less than how we treat the people around us — whether or not we make them feel like a valued and included part of the team, or whether we ignore their needs in favor of our own.
Gratitude and motivation in the workplace are permanently entwined with how we conduct ourselves around others. With the most thankful time of the year right around the corner, now’s the perfect time to boost your teams’ motivation by giving them reasons to be more grateful.
Remember the Value of Good Manners
Modern society uses our fast-paced lifestyles as an excuse to put good manners on the back burner. And this gives you a significant advantage: in a world that’s trying to leave please and thank you behind, these can be powerful tools in the workplace.
You’re never too busy to thank your team members properly for a job well done. It’s true that you’re the employer in 
this relationship, and that carries with it certain expectations, but the people who answer to you will see you in a new light if you take the time to address them and thank them as valued human beings.
As the leader of your company, and perhaps even your industry, it’s your accomplishments that are the most visible to the public eye. Even as the teams under you work to meet and exceed expectations, they’ll often remain the unsung heroes. Taking just a moment in the course of each day to say a simple “Thank you” to the team members who make your business what it is can be a great way to inspire them to do their very best.
Culled from Forbes
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