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The Leadership Mistakes that Demotivate Employees
Many companies struggle with employee motivation and job satisfaction despite their best efforts. Drawing on Frederic Herzberg's Motivation Hygiene Theory, we explore the critical difference between hygiene factors, like salary and working conditions, which prevent dissatisfaction, and true motivators, such as autonomy and recognition, which drive engagement and performance.
We’ll talk about how management often burdens employees with fixing systemic issues like bureaucracy, which only worsens the problem instead of addressing its root cause. We’ll also discuss why focusing on hygiene factors…
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