moving powerfully... not talking BM's

What people value most deeply will move them most powerfully in their work.
-Daniel Goleman


For me, it is transparency and encouragement, I think. If I am in a work environment where we share freely and encourage appropriately it is hard for me to not bring my best to the table. I have been wrestling with the amount of weight to place on a work environment and employee satisfaction in relation to productivity. Personally, I see a major difference, but I also don't want to use these variables as a cop-out for not doing my best work. One of my friends said, "I don't care what I'm doing, I'll do it better if I'm working with people I enjoy." Powerful statement.


In life or work, what is it that you "value most deeply?"