Satya Nadella says that even with the company's massive success and $1 trillion market cap, Microsoft employees have a bad habit of 'not being able to push ourselves'

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How do you keep people motivated at the most valuable company in the United States? Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has some ideas.

But that doesn't give him cause for celebration. In fact, he appears to be outright worried about the impact it could have on the company's huge employee base.."We just feel very self-satisfied with the success we've had. We're learning how not to look at the past."The statement, perhaps unexpected for the head of a company that's valued higher than Apple and Amazon, is a measure of Nadella's approach to running Microsoft.

Despite his success in revitalizing Microsoft after a string of whiffs — Windows Phone, Windows RT, and the Xbox One, among others — Nadella doesn't want employees getting too comfortable in success. He even views the monumental $1 trillion valuation as a potential hindrance to employee motivation. If employees are celebrating the valuation, he says, it would be"the beginning of the end."

The full interview with Nadella is a fascinating look into how the company went from ailing tech giant to the most valuable in the United States —

 

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