THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Motivation

"Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going." - Jim Ryun

TOPIC OF THE DAY

It Takes More Than Money to Motivate People

Look on the net and you’ll find plenty of articles saying that money is a powerful motivator. Talk to employees, however, and you’ll find that money doesn’t always talk – or at least not the loudest. Time after time, sales organizations put bonus structures in place that anyone should be able to attain –and yet only a handful of people make the top levels. Usually the same people who were at the top before the new reward structure was announced, end up on top afterwards as well.

Why don’t these potential prizes cause people to change their behavior and start producing more? Simply put, because rarely do companies also do anything that effectively encourages their people to work harder or give them additional training to help them perform better. Nor do they give employees a reason that actually motivates them to work harder.

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