The Secret to Motivating Your Nonprofit Employees WITHOUT Money

Let’s say that your nonprofit doesn’t have a big enough budget to pay your hard-working staff as much as you’d like (nor as much as they deserve). We know, we know–it takes a real stretch of the imagination to imagine a nonprofit being in such a position.

Well, here’s a happy secret: money, while important, isn’t the biggest motivating factor for workplace satisfaction. There are several other factors that make a huge difference, such as a sense of autonomy, purpose and importance. Are you letting your employee harness their brilliance and make your organization better on their own terms? If not, that might be why they’re unsatisfied–even if they say it’s only because they’d prefer greater compensation.

Click the link below to view the whole infographic, and learn the secret to motivating your nonprofit employees without money

What Really Motivates Employees? [Entrepreneur.com]

Eric-Burger

Marc Koenig

Marc Koenig is a regular contributor of Nonprofit Hub. Marc believes smart, ethical marketing can make the world a better place, and strives to create content that helps nonprofits tell better stories, push their organizations to excel and do work that matters. You'll find him writing Nonprofit Hub featured posts, brainstorming infographics and tweeting up a storm at @npmarc - follow him and say hi!

January 30, 2013

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