The Challenge of Motivating Employees

The signs and posters are tacked to office walls of companies across the nation. Slogans like “Second place is the first loser,” and “It’s not how heavy the load, it’s how you carry it,” are intended to inspire employees to greater effort. But they’re only part of the comprehensive effort needed to motivate employees.Motivation is critical to an AP department’s success, and not coincidentally, the success of the entire company. “The accounting area really has a global window to what’s going on…