How do you motivate your IT staff? Answer is you don't, the good ones are self motivated, key is to remove their obstacles.

— Mark Griffin (@grifmon) March 25, 2014

I believe you'll find that goes for almost all employees, in fact.

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UPDATE: the conversation then continued on Twitter.

Motivation < Self-motivation is everywhere. Most of it gets stifled early on. @grifmon http://t.co/nyAj7zpZMq

— Dominic 🇪🇺🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 (@dwellington) March 26, 2014

@grifmon Agreed - I've seen it happen far too often. Talent retention appears to be a tough nut to crack.

— Dominic 🇪🇺🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 (@dwellington) March 26, 2014

@grifmon This is why good managers are worth their weight in myrrh - and are about as rare.

— Dominic 🇪🇺🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 (@dwellington) March 26, 2014

@dwellington absolutely right

— Mark Griffin (@grifmon) March 26, 2014

I need to find the time to write up these ideas and give them the serious, >140 char treatment they deserve.