Motivation plays an important and essential element In order to feel employees good about their jobs and make them perform optimally. Many employees find money as a good motivator whereas some feel personally motivated through recognition and rewards. Motivation is very important in the workplace. As it directly affects the productivity of the employees. Unmotivated employees aren't able to contribute many efforts towards their job as compare to motivated employees. The motivation of the employees has always a major problem for the managers and leaders. A lot of research has been done on motivation by many scholars. Employers need to know their employees very well and use different strategies to motivate them based on their personal wants and needs. In this paper, I like to emphasis on the relevance of motivation in the workplace to improve the employee performance and productivity.