Motivation is different things to different people. I believe that if you are to achieve excellence you must find the way to paying sufficient salaries. I don't believe that motivation can be bought, but I believe that good results must be paid for. Less than satisfactory performers in any group are destructive of morale and motivation and must be dealt with. However an atmosphere of suspicion is totally counterproductive.
Mutual trust is an integral part of the components of job satisfaction.
We must not be so inflexible as to thwart creativity or discourage potential innovation. No one has a better understanding or view of production than the man who is producing. Virtue may be its own reward, but requirement for recognition is inherent in each of us, and adequate recognition tends to encourage continuity of effort. Since the good Lord did not see fit to gift very many people with both talents, most cow men that I know really must put forth extra effort in the people area. One of the problems that cow men seem to have with other cow men is understanding that each develops his own opinion honestly.