Optimize employee motivation. If HR treats incentive plans as just another box to tick, the chances of such a plan yielding desirable results are very low — no matter how robust the plan.

But, in reality, the strongest business leaders don't motivate their employees. That's right, as a business leader, your job is not to motivate. That may sound blasphemous to you. After all ...

In the course of his startup journey, Zicherman explains, he’s learned to bucket employees into three broad motivation baskets. Calling someone a climber doesn’t have the best associations ...

Motivation starts with employee engagement, and engagement begins with effective communication skills. In my presentation to hotel and travel executives, I quoted Jack Welch, ...