A good article by Ilya Pozin: http://www.inc.com/ilya-pozin/9-things-that-motivate-employees-more-than-money.html
- Be generous with praise
- Get rid of the managers
- Make your ideas theirs
- Never criticize or correct
- Make everyone a leader
- Take an employee to lunch once a week
- Give recognition and small rewards
- Throw company parties
- Share the rewards—and the pain