The modern workplace is too often set up to deny us the opportunity for autonomy, or so mentions author Daniel Pink in the book, “Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us.”
A review by Delves Broughton of Pink’s book explains that firms that hope to optimize efficiency by making their employees clock in and out, attend compulsory meetings, and receive pay for performance are de-motivating staff through excessive control. What they should be doing, Pink argues, is giving workers the chance to perform best by granting them more autonomy and helping them to achieve the mastery that may come with it.
Source: Wall Street Journal, Feb. 2, 2010