Effectiveness and Motivation

I am glad in Chapter 8 of the Forces for Good the authors finally talked about the performance and ways to keep the employees who reached certain level of competence in the organization.

This issue is really critical for both employers and employees. Many non-profit leaders are coming to the organization because of the mission, some may stays because of being still motivated by mission but others’ motivations may change within years and there should be other strategies to keep competent staff in the team.

My personal experience shows that the organization effectiveness is directly connected with the effectiveness of employees and effectiveness of employees is directly connected with their level of motivation.

I think in non-profit sector besides having bonus system there are many other ways to increase the motivation of employees. Non-profits can give possibility for capacity building, for example, to help the employee to get education/certification, participate in international conferences, trainings, represent organization in different working groups on governmental level, international level and so on.
What would you propose to keep the employees motivated ?