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Motivation Is More Than Getting People For Work For A Paycheck

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Motivation Motivation is causing someone to act in a certain way. In business, leaders want employees to act in a way that benefits the organization. Motivation is more than getting people to work for a paycheck. It is about inspiring someone to do their best. There are benefits to having employees who are motivated beyond the paycheck. “Motivated employees can make all the difference in a successful company” (Hull, 2013, para. 3). For example, motivated employees tend to work faster and are often are more creative in completing task saving the company money. Motivated employees are less likely to leave a company, reducing turn over which, also, save money and time in training. Motivated employees will often make better products and be more innovative which could lead to increased profits. Finally, motivated employees are happy employees. (Leadership-central.com). They talk positively about the company, products and their jobs. They also tend to be more productive members of society. Therefore, should take the time and effort to motivate employees. Based on DuBrin’s leadership self assessment quiz, I rank 83 out of 100, putting me on the high end of average abilities to motivate others (2013). Personally, I believe that I rank higher as some of the questions are written in absolutes. For example, the selection of sometimes is ambiguous and could be the same as very infrequent or infrequent. Sometimes people are content to just get by and are, to some extent, immune

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