Motive determines performance (managers need to "get" this)

An almost-stunning 95% of managers don't even understand how to motivate their people.

Important paragraph, from here:

We’ve written before that why people work determines how well they work — that someone’s motive for doing a task determines their performance. Our work has shown that if a person’s motive is play (for example, excitement from novelty, curiosity, experimentation), purpose (the work matters), and potential (they are improved…