Employees sometimes need a little extra motivation, and managers can find themselves struggling with ways to get employees going. Jim Trinka, Chief Learning Officer for the FBI, notes that managers ...

Extrinsic motivation gets a bad rap, but middle and high school teachers can use it judiciously early in an activity to ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Why do some employees do better than others? According to goal-setting theory, one reason is that they have better, ...

Performing well, getting things done and constantly improving are part of the human experience. People have an instinct to matter—and you want to do great things in your work and in your personal life ...

Competition can increase motivation, improve productivity and performance, and provide accountability and validation. Here’s how you can use competition to boost your team’s performance. You want to ...

It’s funny how employers want intrinsically motivated employees but simultaneously believe employees will perform better and be happier if they are given bonuses. Though we all need our paycheck in ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mary Abbajay is a workplace expert who writes about succeeding at work. The ability to provide effective and credible performance ...

Speaking of blunders, I have made dozens of foolish errors—many of them are described in my book Hack Your Motivation. It’s sometimes hard for me to decide which of my mistakes had the worst ...