Motivation of our employees at American Axle is the most important issue facing our company today. The need to instill our employees with motivation is becoming ever more important especially with the shift towards a more socially and culturally responsive workforce. So how does a company find out what motivates its employees? How do they provide a motivational plan that includes incentives both traditional (money) and nontraditional elements? What will these elements be? How do we keep our managers focused on the plan and give them the tools they need to make the plan successful? What eff…