Organizational Retention And Motivation Action Plan

Organizational Retention and Motivation Action Plan Name Institutional Affiliation Organizational Retention and Motivation Action Plan One of the main assets that every organization looking to succeed should have is a motivated and committed workforce. The workforce acts as the driver of the organization, effectively ensuring that the organization is consistently moving in the direction it should and towards its goals. At the same time, two main impediments that hinder the optimal performance of organizations are high employee attrition and a de-motivated workforce. It is important that every organization works to overcome these impediments on a regular basis. While CleanEats is a relatively successful medium size grocery store specializing in providing fresh, organic, and high quality produce, it is struggling to keep up with its competition as well as to maintain a motivated and committed workforce. Struggling with high attrition rates and low motivation, CleanEats needs a complete transformation of its organizational behavior, culture, and structures in order to motivate its employees and reduce attrition. This paper seeks to highlight some of the measures that CleanEats should implement as an action plan in order to overcome said problems. Organizational Behavior Issues Impacting Employee Retention and Motivation A number of issues tend to affect employee motivation at the workplace, and low motivation inevitably contributes to high employee attrition within the organization. Some of the issues that tend to contribute towards a low level of motivation for employees include excessively negative criticisms and badmouthing, inability to enjoy work, poor inter-employee relations structures, as well as poor wages and benefits (Allen & Bryant, 2012; Latham, 2012). These factors affect how employees interact with one another as well as how they interact with other employees and management staff. For instance, an organizational culture that limits employees from enjoying their work greatly demotivates said employees. It fosters the perception that work is an unpleasant mandatory duty that must be completed at whatever cost. Such conditions can easily stress out workers, making them work under highly strenuous conditions that do little to foster creativity and enjoyment, especially as far as organizations such as CleanEats are concerned. They detach personal initiative and interest from the work being done, which only further demotivates employees (Griffin & Moorehead, 2012). It is essential that employees are provided with an enabling environment that not only supports collaborative efforts and work enjoyment but also enables employees to work in a relaxed state of mind. Such an environment, if developed at CleanEats, is likely to improve employees’ motivation and performance, and, in turn, customer satisfaction. Other issues such as condoned disrespectful behavior, inability to follow rules, special treatment of some employees, and the absence of team-building activities grossly contribute towards employee attrition. For any organization to function effectively, it is important that the employees work together towards a common goal. In order for this to happen, employees need to have active work bonds between themselves, wh...