In any organization, employee's motivation takes place to appreciate the work done by them. Motivation can be inform of job satisfaction, compensation and performance appraisal. The mostly common used method of motivation is praising and recognizing the employees whose performance is extraordinary.

In any organization, employee's motivation takes place to appreciate the work done by them. Motivation can be inform of job satisfaction, compensation and performance appraisal. The mostly common used method of motivation is praising and recognizing the employees whose performance is extraordinary.
Why companies do not often praise employees?
Companies and managers do not often praise their employees to show recognition as sometimes those recognitions can be done unfairly and unjustly. To reduce such occurrences, then the company reduces their occurrence. Praises encourages employees to repeat a certain behavior to please their managers or their immediate supervisors. Sometimes managers acknowledge that the behavior is acceptable but can be improved hence fail to praise their employees (Judge & Robbins, 2010).
Steps which managers should take in motivating employees.
A manager has first to understand how employees' performance comes as a result of motivation. Managers should also note that employees respond differently to different motivations. Every person has own passions, likes, desires and personal interests. The crucial thing is that, the managers should learn what motivates each and every employee. The key factors, which motivate employees include; appreciation, compensation, satisfaction, inspiration and recognition. Genuine appreciation by managers to employees is the best way of appreciating them. Genuine appreciation is best displayed when managers are specific on what they appreciate about their employees. This can be done by using words such as: "well done", "thank you", "good job", "good point" etc.
Compensation is another method of motivation. Most employees prefer to be compensated as a way to appreciate their contributions. There are various ways of compensation that can be practiced by managers. They include; salary raise, commissions, performance bonuses, profit sharing and other kinds of extra benefits like vacations and acquisition of company wealth through stake holding (Judge & Robbins, 2010).
With reference to Heskett, Sasser & Schlesinger (1997), to generate profit accompany must satisfy their employees so as to put extra efforts in accomplishing their goals. Satisfaction of employees can be accomplished through building work environment which focuses, attracts and keep artistic employees. For employees to have excellent performance, they must first feel appreciated through motivation. Show of recognition is also important in boosting employees' motivation. Employees will work hard for their name to appear in the hall of fame or to receive a trophy at any annual general banquet (Heskett, Sasser & Schlesinger, 1997).
Inspiration is another employee's motivation. Good leadership sometimes inspires employees to work hard also maintain the standards of their leaders. People also want to be in an organization which is moving forward and providing consequential service to the people (Heskett, Sasser & Schlesinger, 1997).
The downsides in giving employees too much verbal praise and how manage