As the manager, your job is to rally your team members and inspire them for the year ahead. But what if your business isn’t doing well? How can you objectively assess individual performance? And how ...

Motivating workers requires creativity and an understanding of the areas where employee performance exceeds your company's expectations. Motivation also may come from addressing areas for improvement ...

Speaking of blunders, I have made dozens of foolish errors—many of them are described in my book Hack Your Motivation. It’s sometimes hard for me to decide which of my mistakes had the worst ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mary Abbajay is a workplace expert who writes about succeeding at work. The ability to provide effective and credible performance ...

When managers learn about employee motivation, they must learn its definition, strategies behind it and influencing factors. According to business consultant John Correll, with the help of employee ...

It’s funny how employers want intrinsically motivated employees but simultaneously believe employees will perform better and be happier if they are given bonuses. Though we all need our paycheck in ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. According to a 2013 Gallup study covering the US market, “70 percent of workers are not engaged in their jobs.” With this startling ...

Understanding what motivates your employees has the power to transform your business. Public recognition. Quarterly bonuses. Gamification. All of these tactics have the power to motivate employees.

One theory contrasts implicit and explicit motivation. When we are implicitly motivated, we learn because we find the subject fascinating, because we want to achieve mastery of the subject or because ...