What Motivates Me
What Motivates Me?
1. Getting credit for your accomplishments from your colleagues
2. Making an outstanding contribution to your community
3. Having one of your direct reports or someone you trained promoted
4. A customer refers five new clients to you
5. Being elected by your peers to represent your company
6. Being friends with your supervisor
7. Your child nominating you for Mother/Father of the Year
8. Being voted best developer of people in your company
9. A letter of appreciation from your best customer
10. A personal, one-to-one meeting in which your supervisor commends your performance
11. Having a supervisor you like
12. Your family or significant other being invited to attend an awards meeting where you are being honored
13. A personal, one-to-one meeting in which your company president commends your performance
14. A five-day trip to Hawaii for you and your family or significant other
15. A promotion
16. Being named your company’s performer of the year for your role
17. A standing ovation just for you at a national convention
18. Having a competent supervisor
19. A new title of your choice
20. Opportunity to work independently, without a supervisor
21. Certification of your competency in a new skill
22. Winning your company’s profitability award
23. Your family or significant other receiving a note from your manager thanking them for being supportive of you
24. An article about your success in your industry’s trade journal
25. Being given company stock
26. Authority to make your own decisions about your work
27. Being ranked a top-ten performer in your company
28. A day when you get all your work done
29. Being thanked by your family or significant other for being an important person in their lives
30. Opportunity for unlimited income
31. A 10% raise in salary
32. Being recognized as an expert in your field
33. Responsibility for developing a new department or division
34. A $1,000 bonus for customer satisfaction
1. Getting credit for your accomplishments from your colleagues
2. Making an outstanding contribution to your community
3. Having one of your direct reports or someone you trained promoted
4. A customer refers five new clients to you
5. Being elected by your peers to represent your company
6. Being friends with your supervisor
7. Your child nominating you for Mother/Father of the Year
8. Being voted best developer of people in your company
9. A letter of appreciation from your best customer
10. A personal, one-to-one meeting in which your supervisor commends your performance
11. Having a supervisor you like
12. Your family or significant other being invited to attend an awards meeting where you are being honored
13. A personal, one-to-one meeting in which your company president commends your performance
14. A five-day trip to Hawaii for you and your family or significant other
15. A promotion
16. Being named your company’s performer of the year for your role
17. A standing ovation just for you at a national convention
18. Having a competent supervisor
19. A new title of your choice
20. Opportunity to work independently, without a supervisor
21. Certification of your competency in a new skill
22. Winning your company’s profitability award
23. Your family or significant other receiving a note from your manager thanking them for being supportive of you
24. An article about your success in your industry’s trade journal
25. Being given company stock
26. Authority to make your own decisions about your work
27. Being ranked a top-ten performer in your company
28. A day when you get all your work done
29. Being thanked by your family or significant other for being an important person in their lives
30. Opportunity for unlimited income
31. A 10% raise in salary
32. Being recognized as an expert in your field
33. Responsibility for developing a new department or division
34. A $1,000 bonus for customer satisfaction