A reward once given becomes a right.

If you want someone to do a good job, give them a good job to do.

Frederick Herzberg, asserts that the powerful motivator in our lives isn't money; it's the opportunity to learn, grow in responsibilities, contribute to others, and be recognized for achievements.

You cannot love an employee into creativity, although you can ... avoid his dissatisfactions with the way you treat him.

Man does work for profit in order to enjoy pain; but in a positive sense, he works to enjoy the excitement and meaning that achievement provides for his own psychological growth and thereby his happiness.

A reward once given becomes a right.

It's the job of a manager not to light the fire of motivation, but to create an environment to let each person's personal spark of motivation blaze.