Quote |
Author |
Company |
Motivation is everything. You
can do the work of two people,
but you can't be two people.
Instead, you have to inspire the
next guy down the line and get
him to inspire his people. |
Lee
Iacocca |
Chrysler |
What we in industry learned in dealing with people is that
people do not work just for money and that if you are trying to
motivate,
money is not the most effective tool. |
Akio Morita |
Sony |
I like to think in terms of giving people an understanding of why
they should have the same
passion as I do – why their life has purpose working here and
why they should believe as much as I believe. I want them to seek a
higher level of satisfaction above just making a salary.
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Charles Schwab |
Charles
Schwab |
Finding ways to build personal
self-esteem is the key to
motivating people. Once
employees feel valued, they will
feel more
confident and, in turn, will
be
successful innovators.
Most companies will buy into all
aspects of formalizing
new product development
except for the one major and
common missing link – motivation
and
rewards. This is a mistake.
Compensation and financial
incentives are integral
ingredients of the motivation
and reward game plane. Although
dollars and cents are not the
only means of motivating a
team of
new product developers,
money does talk, and companies
that want an
entrepreneurial environment
need to have compensation
programs that simulate those of
a start-up business. |
Thomas D. Kuczmarski |
Kuczmarski & Associates |
The
best way to
inspire people to superior
performance is to convince them
by
everything you do and by
your everyday
attitude that you
are wholeheartedly supporting
them. |
Harold Geneen |
ITT |
In
the end it is always about
ethics and all about
personal values. That is why
it is very important for every
society to create checks and
balances.
That is why it is very important
for every society not to create
incentives for people to
become greedier. That is why it
is very important for all of us
in the corporate world to create
incentives for long-term
performance rather than
short-term performance. When you
create systems that focus on
short-term performance, when you
create a system that reveres
money rather than decency,
honesty and respect, when you
make it a fashion for youngsters
to revel in the power of their
wealth, it is inevitable. |
Narayna
Murthy |
Infosys |
When people can see which
direction the
leaders are going in it
becomes easier to motivate them. |
Lakshmi Mittal |
ArcelorMittal |
One
way we try to foster innovations
– both the
technological innovation
that leads to new drugs and the
organizational innovation
that improves the way we do
business – is to
align our business
objectives with our ideals.
Doing so reaches people's
intrinsic motivation. Certainly,
extrinsic motivation is
important; we offer stock
options to our scientists and
sponsor company research awards
that enhance the researcher's
visibility both within and
outside Novartis. But I believe
that people also do a better job
when they believe in what they
do and in how the company
behaves, when they see that
their work does more than enrich
shareholders. |
Daniel Vasella |
Novartis |
You
have to give people a reason to
be enthusiastic about trying new
things, whether you are
selling new tools or trying
to get them used internally. |
Esther Dyson |
EDventure Holdings |
I
feel that the greatest reward
for doing is the opportunity to
do more. |
Jonas Salk |
SIBS |
To
become a
motivational leader, you
start with
motivating yourself. You
motivate yourself with a
big vision, and as you move
progressively toward its
realization, you motivate and
enthuse others to work with you
to fulfill that
vision. |
Brian
Tracy |
Brian Tracy Intl. |