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Antipattern #24 · ownership · p. 197
Mismanaging Incentives
Opportunities for ownership and mastery drive the most powerful incentive: intrinsic motivation.
The Tin Man Behavior
Trying to drive behavior primarily through incentives focused on financial rewards.
The Results
- ·Reduced ownership, collaboration, curiosity
- ·Important work that is not incentivized gets neglected.
- ·Development stifled
How Octopus Organizations Behave Instead
- ↳They create intrinsic motivation by connecting work to purpose and opportunities for ownership and mastery.
- ↳They invest in sustainable rewards beyond pay, including growth opportunities and learning.
- ↳They provide equitable base pay and separate compensation from gameable performance metrics.