Managers Follow an Outdated Theory of Motivation

In a wide-ranging study of employee motivation, Harvard Business School professor T. Amabile and psychologist S. Kramer discovered that it’s not money, safety, security, or pressure that drives employees at work. It’s not the supposedly foundational needs in Maslow’s hierarchy.

The most important motivator for employees at work is what Amabile and Kramer call "the power of small wins": employees are highly productive and driven to do their best work when they feel as if they’re making progress every day toward a meaningful goal.

Managers thinking about employee motivation is fundamentally wrong. I say and practice with co-workers "do sweat the small stuff- it is all about the small stuff" ..."small is the new big" as " give is the new get" as "show is the new tell"!!

These principles are applicable in todays world of management in all disciplines. With strong focus on "development" you will have highly engaged employees and co-workers with “highlighted feeling autonomous and empowered, and a sense of responsibility and ownership belonging on/to their teams.”

Source W.Chen/CEO M.Kruysse/SOMMOS