This document discusses ways to optimize employee performance and motivation. It summarizes Herzberg's Motivation-Hygiene Theory, which states that certain workplace factors cause job satisfaction while separate factors cause dissatisfaction. The document recommends that companies challenge employees with adequate job responsibilities that utilize their full abilities, offer increasing responsibility for increasing abilities, and find ways to fully utilize employee skills. It suggests companies can motivate employees by helping leaders identify areas for employee contribution, having leaders personally meet with employees to understand motivators, and finding new challenges and skills for employees to develop.