Quotes in motivation
the management system which makes only a pretense of valuing employee involvement and encouraging employee empowerment merely breeds cynicism.
Motivation - nonsense. All that people need to know is why their work is important.
The key factor you can use to make employees miserable on the job is to simply keep them from making progress in meaningful work.
The idea of a merit rating is alluring. The sound of the words captivates the imagination: pay for what you get; get what you pay for; motivate people to do their best, for their own good.
The effect is exactly the opposite of what the words promise.
People don't spring into action just because they see smoke; they spring into action because they see others rushing in with water.
You can't work directly on morale. You work on other things and morale will come along with it.
You get the best effort from others not by lighting a fire beneath them, but by building a fire within.
The idea of a merit rating is alluring. The sound of the words captivates the imagination: pay for what you get; get what you pay for; motivate people to do their best, for their own good.
The effect is exactly the opposite of what the words promise. Everyone propels himself forward, or tries to, for his own good, on his own life preserver. The organization is the loser.
The merit rating rewards people that conform to the system. It does not reward attempts to improve the system. Don't rock the boat.
People may take a job for more money, but they often leave it for more recognition.