Behavior Quote by John Medina

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

— Tom Peters

When a manager openly expresses his faith in an employee's skill, he doesn't just improve mood and motivation; he actually improves their likelihood of…

— Shawn Achor

What managers decide to stop doing is often more important than what they decide to do.

— Peter Drucker

Management is nothing more than motivating other people.

— Lee Iacocca

I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do things, you can only demotivate them. The primary job…

— Scott Adams

The manager is always on at us about mental strength anyway. He just comes in and stresses how important it is to be strong…

— Kalvin Phillips

I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do things, you can only de-motivate them. The primary job…

— Scott Adams

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…

— Frederick Herzberg

One of the main tasks of a manager is psychology.

— Didier Deschamps

An employee's motivation is a direct result of the sum of interactions with his or her manager.

— Bob Nelson

“Discipline is more than motivation. Discipline pushes past the desire to quit when motivation runs out.”

— Chrystal Evans Hurst

It's all mental management. Whether you can do something or not is in your head.

— Kris Carr