The topic of motivating employees is extremely important to managers and supervisors. Before looking at what management can do to support the motivation of employees, it's important first to clear up these common myths. You can't motivate people anymore than you can empower them.
Employees have to motivate and empower themselves.
However, you can set up an environment where they best motivate and empower themselves. The key is knowing how to set up the environment for each of your employees. Certain things like money, a nice office and job security can help people from becoming less motivated, but they usually don't help people to become more motivated. A key goal is to understand the motivations of each of your employees. Different people are motivated by different things.