Infographic: Evaluating Employee Motivation in the MENA Region

One of the main concerns employers have nowadays is how to motivate and stimulate their employees as employee motivation affects one’s happiness and creativity at the workplace and therefore affects the company’s retention rates and productivity. Akhtaboot surveyed job seekers from all over the MENA region in order to evaluate Employee Motivation in terms of: pay raise, promotions, public recognition, the relationship they have with their direct managers, ownership and personal growth.

Take a look at the infographic below for some interesting facts on Employee Motivation in the MENA region from Akhtaboot.

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Dealing with Competitive Colleagues

On a day-to-day basis, maintaining a professional relationship with your colleagues while keeping in mind that they have different working styles is essential to creating a productive environment. However, sometimes overly competitive attitude can make this difficult to achieve and can create disagreements in the workplace. Akhtaboot is here to the rescue with some tips on how to handle overly competitive attitude in the workplace.

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Get Ahead of your Coworkers during the Holidays

Many of us wait for a holiday to relax, sleep more and spend quality time with family and friends. These are essential and important in life; however, some of the holiday time can also be used to excel and get ahead of your current coworkers. Remember, going the extra mile and showing dedication during holiday time to improve your professional growth and job performance can eventually lead to a raise or a promotion. Akhtaboot presents you with 4 tips that you can follow to help you take advantage of your holiday and get ahead of your coworkers.

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Develop Good Co-worker Relations

You can choose your friends but you cannot choose your colleagues! It is very important to develop and maintain good workplace relationships; they help you do your job better and can make work more enjoyable. On the other hand, bad workplace relationships can distract you and turn your job into a nightmare. Akhtaboot provides you with 5 tips to follow in order to have peace at work and develop good relationships with your co-workers.

  

 

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How to Have More Meaningful Conversations

Everybody knows how to have a conversation because they have been having them since they were toddlers. However, some people get engaged into meaningless business conversations that wastes precious time. Akhtaboot presents you with simple ways to ensure that every business conversation is productive and worth having.

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Maintaining Employees’ Productivity during Tough Economic Times

During bad economic times, budget cuts and workforce reductions might be a necessity. Managers are often left with the task of meeting their performance objectives with fewer resources. To keep up with these demands, managers must find a way to maintain employee productivity at a time when morale may be declining. Akhtaboot presents you with 4 tips that would help you with managing employees during tough economic times.

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