Research indicates that motivation is one of the key drivers of employee productivity in business. Unmotivated workers can produce sub-standard work, leave abruptly, causing staff shortages, and neglect deadlines. They can also affect your overall workplace culture, leading to more unmotivated and unproductive employees. As a business owner, it’s therefore highly important to work to prevent your workers from becoming unmotivated. This can be difficult, however, given that many of us are still working from home, due to the pandemic. This can make socialising and interacting with your colleagues substantially harder. Homeworking can also further exacerbate worker productivity levels if they are already motivated. Fortunately, companies are already deriving new and innovative ways of increasing employee productivity even among work from home employees. Here are just a few ways you can boost employee morale from the comfort of your own home.

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