Do you not know how to motivate people?

Have you thought about visiting your work culture?

In a recent survey of over 20,000 workers around the world, analyzing 50 major companies, a single conclusion was made: Why we work determines how well we work and why we work is directly impacted by work culture.

In the 1980s professors Edward Deci and Richard Ryan from the University of Rochester determined the six main reasons why people work. They are the following: play, purpose, potential, emotional pressure, economic pressure, and inertia.

Can you guess which of these spur on better quality of work, higher motivation in employees, and overall satisfaction? If you guessed, play, purpose and potential, you guessed correctly.

Play is when you're motivated by the work because you enjoy it.

Purpose is when the direct outcome of the work fits your identity. You work because you value the work’s impact.

Potential is when the outcome of the work benefits your identity. In other words, the work enhances your potential.

Wondering how can you create a work culture that is build on play, purpose, & potential?