Satya Nadella Quotes

If you over-deliver and prove yourself to be an asset to the company, you will be rewarded as a result.

Personal titles aren't something which motivate me.

The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.

Men and women want to do a good job, and if they are provided the proper environment, they will do so.

People leave their manager; they don't leave companies.

Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding member of the team you are, how much your contribution has been valued, what massive potential you have and, in recognition of all this, would you mind having your salary halved.

I'm getting some really good work. And because I'm delivering what they want, more good work is coming my way.

People don't do good work when they feel like losers and are second-class citizens within their own company.

Research indicates that employees have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company.

I think I've got the best staff in television.

Millennials tend to appreciate regular feedback because they want to feel that their work matters and that they are making a difference in the workplace. As the youngest generation at most organizations, they also tend to be hungry for growth and development opportunities.

At Manhattan GMAT, I had done my best to create a positive work environment and culture, and I further believed in rewarding people financially at or above the market rate for a job well done.

I now recognize that having a great company behind you can actually impact your motivation to be more creative.

There will always be people who think that money and benefits and even just having a job should be thanks enough. There are also those that think they do a great job without anyone having to thank them. But study after study has shown that no one is immune from the motivating effects of acknowledgement and thanks.

What really motivates people at Facebook is building stuff that they're proud of.

I always encourage employees to feel free to raise any issues that prevent them from getting good work done.

When you read about the best places to work, it's never about salary; it's about catered lunches, the daycare - it's the cool stuff that matters.

The morale when I came in was not the best. It was because the agency had not been valued.

The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.

Again, talent is the real import of being in the business.

You get what you reward. Be clear about what you want to get and systematically reward it.

One of the first pieces of advice I was ever given, on my first job was, 'You should always buy something to treat yourself to say, 'Well done for getting the job!'

The only way to get people to like working hard is to motivate them. Today, people must understand why they're working hard. Every individual in an organization is motivated by something different.

What you want is the opportunity to work and an audience. Prizes after that are just a great big bonus.

Especially for fostering creative, conceptual work, the best way to use money as a motivator is to take the issue of money off the table so people concentrate on the work.