Without knowing the needs and interests of individuals and groups within the company, without knowing the factors that motivate them to work effectively, it is impossible to build a motivation system...

Why so many motivation systems do not provide the required results?

John Galbraith (1908-2006) is one of the few whose motivation theory focuses on corporate issues. In his book, The New Industrial State, he identifies the four levels of motivation.

Nearly 60% of respondents to a recent McKinsey survey say that building organizational capabilities such as lean practicies or project or talent management is a top-three priority for their companies. Yet only a third of companies actually focus their training programs on building the capability that adds the most value to their companies’ business performance.

You are manager of a small department.  It’s Tuesday and you are approached by your best employee with a request to allow her to take the next workday – off.  You ask her what she needs that day for.  She shares that she is going to an interview for a new job.