WHAT WILL MOTIVATE YOUR PEOPLE?
Before developing your system of rewards, remember that what motivates one person may not motivate the next. When I was general manager of About.com’s web services division, I had working for me a highly talented engineer named Earl. He was, without question, one of our brightest engineers, but I continually struggled to figure out how to motivate this guy. I regularly gave out bonuses, rewards, and incentives that everyone else loved but Earl did not seem to care about. Nothing I offered seemed to motivate him, and I knew his contributions were affected by his apathy toward my rewards system.
As we were planning our first Christmas party, I finally figured out what motivated Earl. During a planning session, he ...
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