Bill Harris wrote:
> Reinhard Sprenger wrote (in _Mythos Motivation_) something to the effect
> that “All motivation (actions designed to get people to do that which they
> don’t want to do) is demotivating (leads towards decreasing their desire
> to do what you want them to do because they see through the efforts at
> control).”
Good point. Actually it’s not quite accurate. Motivational actions (whether they be rewards or exortations, etc) will demotivate to the extent that employees see the attempts as manipulative.