The classic of the uncomfortable thinker Reinhard K. Sprenger: How motivation really works. "Myth of Motivation" by Reinhard K. Sprenger has changed management. Now, the classic is being reissued. There are books that set the world in motion. "Myth of Motivation" by Reinhard K. Sprenger is such a classic. Sprenger's thesis: Everything practiced in companies for employee motivation is counterproductive! In his bestseller, which has taken the management floors by storm and continues to influence, he dismantles the widespread incentive systems in companies and highlights their counterproductive side effects and consequences. Sprenger criticizes the prevalent incentive systems in companies thoroughly. He shows: - Classic employee motivation is counterproductive. - Everything that motivates is demotivating. - This is how employee motivation works.