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Try these 10 ideas for leaders looking to motivate their employees. Motivation is a tricky prospect because a balance is needed between too little and too much reward. Incentivizing employees with perks beyond salary and benefits is sometimes necessary to get employees focused and motivated again. Each company's leaders must decide what is right for their work force as well as their business. Ten great ways to motivate employees are presented by Patricio Robles

It's nice to believe that a 'good job' offering a decent salary and reasonable benefits package will do the trick, but in today's highly-competitive business environment, the truth is that it's more complicated than that.

The devil is often in the details, and motivating employees requires a thoughtful approach to compensation, benefits and perks — both tangible and intangible. Here are 10 specific things companies can offer employees to keep them motivated.

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Keeping employees motivated, happy and healthy is great for business. People who are more engaged in their work are more productive and enthusiastic employees. Motivation can come in many forms but one of the surest ways is to get people to be intrinsically motivated to succeed. This, unfortunately, is also the most difficult method of motivation but is by far the best method. Be sure to read all 10 ideas for leaders to motivate their employees with. Try a few on this list today and let us know what works for you.