Keeping staff motivated during January

Congratulations. You’ve just survived the first working week of the New Year. The frivolous festive frolics are but a distant memory and the cold, dark, grey and grizzly mornings have welcomed us back with gusto.  

It’s little wonder then that Massive Monday saw record numbers of people with the January blues looking for new jobs, however, by showing some understanding of how staff feel and finding ways to keep them enthused throughout January, everyone, company and employee, will benefit.

Bill Alexander, CEO at Red Letter Days for Business spoke to HR Grapevine about keeping staff motivated when they feel anything but and said: “Employees will start to go into ‘neutral’ mode as targets for the year close, which makes coming back after the Christmas break all the more difficult.