• What do you think about Tesco’s strategies for improving staff motivation?

• Which do you think is the best incentive?

   

Vocabulary 

Nouns                                                        

Purpose                                            

Goal

Satisfaction

Incentive

Remunaration

Productivity

Workplace

Leadership

Achievement

Promotion

Performance

Recognition

Responsibility

 

 

Adjectives

Challenging

Motivated

Enthusiastic

Satisfied

Loyal

Hard-working

Disciplined

Ambitious

 

Verbs

Motivate

Empower

Encourage

Reward

Achieve

Succeed

Perform

Challenge

 

     Conversation Questions 

• Are you motivated in your job? What about your colleagues?

• What motivates you to do a good job?

• What motivates your colleagues?

• What’s more important to you - salary or job satisfaction?

• Describe a situation when you were very motivated to do a good job.

• Are you ambitious?

• If you were looking for a new job, what would be the most important factor you would look for?

• If you were being underpaid in your job, what would be the best strategy to resolve this problem?

• Do you believe you can do a better job than you are currently doing?

• Do you think you would get more pay and benefits or better grades if you did a better job?

• Do you care about the rewards in your organization?

• Does your company offer any incentives or bonuses to its staff? Is this effective?

• Have you ever lost interest or motivation in a job?

• What obstacles stop employees performing to best effect?

• What changes in a company affect motivation?

• What is the relationship between motivation and job performance?

• What do you think are the most important motivational needs for the majority of people?

• What are the best incentives for getting someone to work hard?

• How can a good leader motivate other people?

• Have you ever been a leadership position?

• If so, how did you motivate the people in your team?

• Can you think of any unique ways to motivate staff e.g. promotions, competitions, activities?

• What qualities does a motivated employee have?

• Do you think programs like employee of the month or employee of the year are effective?

• What staff benefits would increase motivation?