A better construction of this recommendation is to pay your employees enough to take the question of pay off the table. It's simply because people who feel even

A better construction of this recommendation is to pay your employees enough to take the question of pay off the table. It's simply because people who feel even slightly underpaid become unresponsive to every other form of motivation. However, it's just a specific example of following the classic talent-based management formula: * Hire good people, * Give them goals and the resources they need, and * Get the hell out of their way.