MOTIVATION( Motivating yourself and others everyday) ON THE JOB: THE FOUR STAGES FROM MOTIVATION TO DEMOTIVATION When people start a job, they often move through stages of motivation and competence. 1. Motivated Ineffective When is an employee most motivated in the cycle of employment? When he joins an organization. Why? Because he wants to prove that by hiring him, the employer made the right decision. He is motivated but because he is new to the environment. But he does not know what to do, so he is ineffective. This is the stage when the employee is most open-minded, receptive and easy to mold to the culture of the organization. Training and orientation become imperative. Unprofessional organizations have no, or very poor, orientation programs. The first day at the job, the supe...