Harvard Business Review: #1 Key to Motivation

In a multi-year study, researchers at the Harvard Business School first asked 600 managers from dozens of different companies to rank the impact of five factors that are normally associated with motivation - recognition, incentives, support from managers and colleagues, clear goals and a sense of making progress. In this first phase of the study, recognition for good work was ranked by managers as the most important factor in motivation. - See more at: http://www.clientinsights.ca/en/article/1-key-motivation#sthash.MfhfAWsB.dpuf