Ask any manager and they will tell you that one of the biggest challenges they face is keeping their employees motivated. From showing up late to doing subpar work, every manager is always seeking some form of edge to get the best from their staff.
But when it comes down to what works, many still wonder whether intrinsic or extrinsic motivational factors are the best approach. Every company tries to create their own culture in which they find different strategies to bring out the best in people. Yet why are so many companies still struggling with this issue? "This goes back to the basic notion of trust. Companies trust their employees and productivity goes up" says Alex Miller, editor at Motivation Ping. "I don't think money is a bad motivator because at minimal, it serves as supplemental. I think when you offer big reward you also up the nervousness and pressure for success. And because of that it's hard to say that big reward results in poorer performance. I don't fully agree with everything that has been said but I do favor the ideal of intrinsic motivation." This concept also relates to school and the education system. You do well on a test or you need to do homework to get a good grade, but what the education system should do instead is to tell the kids that learning is for you. That you don't just come to school because you need to, do so because you want to. You want to master your learning, not waste 20 plus years on something you don't even think is important. With the assumption of workers who want to work for the sake of other than capitalism. A question that arises is, how does one engineer such workers, who would work for a sake other than capital. How do you incentivize without the American dream? Autonomy, mastery and purpose are three main elements of the new operating system for our businesses, it's right. If we treat our job as a thing that brings us salary every month, we fail. Passion is always the important factor that lead to success. When I have a task to accomplish but with a free schedule I'm the most productive and focused, but when I know I have to wake up or be somewhere at a certain time for a certain amount of hours it immediately makes me less motivated and actually try to find a way to get away from it, counting the seconds until I can leave even though I have nothing better to do afterwards. Maybe that's a personal flaw but I definitely see where he is coming from, if the economy followed some degree of this I bet people would be happier and more productive. Of course some people would take advantage, but people already do that in different ways.
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