People becoming lazy is a sign having no purpose. That&#x27;s where the management comes into play. The best thing that can be done is giving people purpose. The next best thing is punishment and bonusses. And if that doesn&#x27;t work people can be made to monitor each other when punishing one gains a bonus for the other (that&#x27;s how the train ticket inspectors are made to check your tickets and not do favours to you).<p>Go with purpose first and don&#x27;t assume it&#x27;s the wrong path if it doesn&#x27;t work at first. It&#x27;s a hard path. Some simple things to start with: Do you ask your employees to provide input? Do you try to understand their input and adapt the company and processes accordingly? Do you show them how well the company does when they do their job well and how much it costs all of you when they do a mistake? Think of games. Show people numbers to optimize and they will do that because that&#x27;s what we like to do!<p>Please come back and tell us your results from trying, maybe also start writing a blog. That&#x27;s how you can interact with other managers to learn from each other, and to some degree to not feel too alone. ;-)