Motivation Quote by Charles Duhigg

Simply giving employees a sense of agency- a feeling that they are in control, that they have genuine decision-making authority - can radically increase…

— Charles Duhigg

“When people believe they are in control, they tend to work harder and push themselves more. They are, on average, more confident and overcome…

— Charles Duhigg

“The rationales for centralized, to-down decision making - control, direction, and compliance - melts away when individuals are tightly aligned with the company's values…

— Dov Seidman

“And, if experienced managers are truly smart, they will ensure that they, too, are receiving the same sorts of feedback to help them optimize…

— Liz Wiseman

The common wisdom is that ... managers have to learn to motivate people. Nonsense. Employees bring their own motivation.

— Tom Peters

“I believe that managers must loosen the controls, not tighten them. They must accept risk; they must trust the people they work with and…

— Ed Catmull

“The more details we can see, the less we have a sense of control. This is why layers of management in an organization tend…

— Mark Burgess

When leaders are willing to talk through their own decision-making process, making visible that values are an important consideration, this sends a powerful signal…

— Mary C. Gentile

Motivated employees are crucial to a company's success.

— Anne Rice

“The key to better management in that case becomes to inspire your people, to trust them to do the right thing, and then get…

— BusinessNews Publishing

Even though worker capacity and motivation are destroyed when leaders choose power over productivity, it appears that bosses would rather be in control than…

— Margaret J. Wheatley

“Management controls performance in people because it impacts skills; it’s a matter of monitoring, analyzing and directing.”

— Stan Slap