How Leaders Motivate
The best leaders don't motivate their people. The best leaders excel at learning how to keep their people from becoming demotivated. Most individuals want to do good at whatever task they set out to accomplish. They start out excited and energetic having the innate desire to do quality work. The employee's internal motivation is not the problem. The work environment is the real problem and being able to identify and correct demotivators in the working environment is the real key to keeping your people happy and motivated.
First it is imperative that you understand how motivation makes people tick and only then will you be able to identify the things in the workplace that go against those basic motivating principles.
First it is imperative that you understand how motivation makes people tick and only then will you be able to identify the things in the workplace that go against those basic motivating principles.