This post is made in response to Daniel Duncombe’s post “Yelling as a Type of Motivation?”.

“How do you motivate your employees” seems like a forever topic for entrepreneurs. Recall Zappos’s case, their organizational culture is really wonderful and impressive. The employees there are immersed in a harmonious and efficient working environment that motivates them best. In Daniel’s post, he said he believed that love is what the ultimate driving force. It’s true because it lasts for a long time.

While companies try to incorporate people, culture and teams, they should help employees to make up their minds and find their shared value. Also companies can be more considerable, either for an individual or a team. For instance, Zappos offer money to potential workers who quit the training. They provide free food and snacks for their workers. The manager sits and works with staff instead of having a corner office. That’s how the company ties all their employees together, and they work harder as a result. “Work hard, play hard.” acts as a great ending of a good circulative progress.

Happiness is like perfume. You cannot pour on other people without getting few drops on yourself. Organizational culture influences everyone in the company, so things like yelling and love can really have either good or bad effects among workers. Yelling acts as negative reinforcement, whereas love and caring behave as positive reinforcement that giving something people enjoy.

Work cited:

Jacobs.Alexandra The New Yorker. Web 14th September, 2013

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/09/14/090914fa_fact_jacobs

picture: http://www.zappos.com/