What Motivates Employees? [INFOGRAPHIC]

This Rypple infographic examines what motivates employees, from incentives to company culture and managerial techniques. I've written about employee disengagement before, but this infographic puts a price on an unmotivated workforce: $300 billion in lost productivity.

Before focusing on productivity in your workgroup, it's essential to stoke employees' creativity and buy-in to give them emotional reasons to give you their all at work. Check out some strategies to do so below.