9 Quotes by Frederick Herzberg

If you want people to do a good job, give them a good job to do.

True motivation comes from achievement, personal development, job satisfaction, and recognition.

Frederick Herzberg, asserts that the powerful motivator in our lives isn’t money; it’s the opportunity to learn, grow in responsibilities, contribute to others, and be recognized for achievements.

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 of motivation blaze.

If you want someone to do a good job, give them a good job to do.

Man does work for profit in order to enjoy pain; but in a positive sense, he works to enjoy the excitement and meaning that achievement provides for his own psychological growth and thereby his happiness.

A reward once given becomes a right.

Idleness, indifference and irresponsibility are healthy responses to absurd work.

It is only when a person has his own generator that we can talk about motivation. He then needs no outside stimulation. He wants to do it.