We don't like yelling and screaming. One innovative way Brazile keeps his 40 full-time IT professionals motivated is by offering them first dibs on projects that involve neat new technologies, such as Internet development. Brazile says he also tries to keep personal tabs on his staff. He'll ask project managers about the hours team members work and whether they seem happy. You keep your eye out for those things.
Salary Still Counts Money is obviously important.
No one wants to be paid less than what they think they're worth - or what they think they can get elsewhere. N.J. Friel oversees 5,200 IT workers. But Friel says that equally important is the chance for IT people to learn technology and soft skills such as management training and how to do a presentation. Friel measures his success carefully. These key IT staffers get special bonuses and management and technology training.