To increase motivation,managers should set 'stretch' goals for their employees-goals that require total effort but are not unrealistic.

Stretch Goals

Highly ambitious or challenging objectives set beyond current capabilities and resources, intended to motivate and push individuals or teams to achieve greater accomplishments.

Total Effort

The full allocation of one's energy and resources towards achieving a task or objective.

Motivation

The intrinsic or extrinsic factors that stimulate people to act or behave in a certain way.