Interesting campaign. I went to our US dictionaries (two of them) to
resolve some of my own misunderstandings. I found three words competing
for understanding, motivation, inducement, and incentive.
Motivation is preferred when referring to factors, internal to the person,
that cause the person to take action.
An inducement is an external factor used to influence a desired behavior.
This is the realm of salary and benefits.
An incentive inspires a behavior.
Motivation then is a fine word (why abolish it?). But recognize that
people come with built in motivations. Inducements are the business of
managers. The human resources people adjust inducements to achieve their
results.
Incentives are the tools of leaders. Perhaps they are the products of
leaders.
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