Money is a Bad Motivator, Unless You Work by the Hour

by Justin Lukasavige on July 17, 2010

I came to realize this a while back when I worked at the airlines. We were hourly and everything was driven towards being on the clock for some people. But we live in a knowledge based society and most of us aren’t getting paid by the hour anymore.

If money is a poor motivator, then what do we do? What do you think?

Dan Pink’s Motivation talk (If you can’t view the video)

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dallonchristensen

You have to make people feel like they are making a real contribution to the overall cause. I keep thinking about the fairly recent MSNBC survey that indicated 55% of people were dissatisfied with their work. Whether people work for a huge corporation or are working for themselves and working hard for clients, we all need to feel like we are working toward a higher purpose.

This is why open-book management is such an important concept. If you can make all people in an organization feel like their work impacts the company's overall success, you can motivate people more. If you are working for yourself, then you must make your clients feel like your work will make their lives better. There are a lot of ways to do this, but you have to figure out the best way to convince others that your involvement will better their own situation.