What motivates one employee can demotivate another, something that players of Root of Motivation will learn. In each round, the leader motivates their employee to perform a task: work overtime; learn a new process, etc.
The rules are simple: the more the leader gets to know their employee, the better arguments they can use to motivate him or her during their discussion. The game allows players to score points for each valid argument, or based on a subjective assessment by the employee in which he or she rates the discussion.