Motivation means influencing the behavior of employees so as to achieve higher performance and a more efficient operation.
Motivation, not talent, as many people mistakenly think, is the key to performance. The best performing workers don't excel thanks to their talent, but thanks to motivation.
However, there is a great paradox.
Even in the best companies in the world, we can see that employee motivation drops sharply after six months under one manager. A recent Harvard study showed that this was the case in 85% of the world's leading organizations.
Why does this happen and what can we do to improve it?
