Does the thought of employee motivation and engagement costs boggle your mind?

Do you read the buzz about the latest employee perks at Silicon Valley’s tech companies or other media darlings and sigh in desperation? Are you discouraged at what appears to be the sheer thousands and thousands of dollars major companies spend each year in motivating and engaging their employees, telling yourself there is no way in (bleep!) you can get budget approval to do even just 1/16^th of what you read?

Don’t despair.  [···]