The Right Incentives for True Employee Motivation

Managers through the ages have labored to uncover the perfect combination of incentives to motivate performance and reward individual effort. Though the goal is to ensure individual and corporate success, the resulting policies and practices are usually neither satisfying nor effective. In this workshop, we’ll explore the historical influences on incentives and why, in a modern workplace, those traditional systems are ineffective. We’ll examine available tools—in addition to wages and benefits—useful in inspiring and motivating teams. And we’ll investigate our own values and preferences to understand what inspires us. Managers who are skilled at motivating their employees will benefit from employees who possess a deeper commitment to their work, which ultimately results in increased company profits. 

Courses in the Great Leaders | Great Bosses series are comprised of a 2-hour workshop plus six pre-workshop emails with curated content (articles, videos, podcasts, etc.) specific to the topic for independent, asynchronous, self-paced study.