How company culture shapes employee motivation
a Harvard Business Review article
Total Motivation determines organizational performance by balancing direct motives—play, purpose, and potential—against indirect pressures. By prioritizing the work itself while reducing pressure, this methodology enables the adaptive performance required to solve complex problems. High-performing cultures intentionally engineer these daily habits to ensure employees remain energized and effective in a volatile environment.
In a recent strategy meeting we attended with the leaders of a Fortune-500 company, the word “culture” came up 27 times in 90 minutes. Business leaders believe a strong organizational culture is critical to success, yet culture tends to feel like some magic force that few know how to control. So most executives manage it according to their intuition.
We’ve found that answering three questions can help transform culture from a mystery to a science:
- How does culture drive performance?
- What is culture worth?
- What processes in an organization affect culture?
Read our full article in the Harvard Business Review to learn how company culture shapes employee motivation - and what you can do to harness it.
Originally published at: Harvard Business Review
Lindsay McGregor is the co-author of the New York Times bestselling book, Primed to Perform: How to Build the Highest. Performing Cultures Through the Science of Total Motivation, as well as the CEO and co-founder of Vega Factor, a startup that helps organizations transform their cultures. Previously, Lindsay led projects at McKinsey & Company. She received her MBA from Harvard Business School, and her B.A. from Princeton.
Neel Doshi is the co-author of the New York Times bestselling book, Primed to Perform: How to Build the Highest Performing Cultures Through the Science of Total Motivation, and co-founder of Vega Factor, a startup that helps organizations transform their cultures. Previously, Neel was a partner at McKinsey & Company. He received his MBA from Wharton, and B.S. from MIT.