How to motivate undervalued staff?

[jung quat]

whenever you notice a performance done at par or above the expected standard,then commend the staff. Remember to be specific when giving feedback, positive and negative. Avoid nasty criticisms.

[Gusset Strap]

we have staff forum meetings every quarter which is chaired by the operations director and if out of 10 topics in which staff request stuff the answer is usually a big NO, the biggest thing we got offered recently was a whopping £7 pound a month off a Holmes Place health club,big deal! we used to have a staff draw once a month which usually consisted of a pair of theatre tickets and that's about that they are organizing a staff picnic in in a couple of weeks, no Golf society any more, we have a Xmas party (didn't go last year) and they do a kids party.
When I worked at Stakis the employee of the month was popular along with the hotel discount the staff loved those.