Motivating

Motivation is the act of tapping and sustaining the inner energy in accompishing ones wants (goals, ambitions, success, desires, needs, results) by external or internal means. So by its definition one would expect all ambitious people or want to be successfull people to have this energy to acheive their targets that arise out of a need. But yet, there are a lot of people in the majority who cannot acomplish these tasks set for them by them, eventhough having the potential and capability to do so.
Reason for a goal is AMBITION, a cherished DESIRE
The gap that seprates the need to acheive the goal and the potential to do so is the PATH.
The ways of plotting to bridge this gap is the METHOD
The adventure of walking the gap is EXPERIENCE
The mistakes you make along the path is LEARNING
The hope of overcoming the mistakes is DETERMINATION
The art of overcoming mistakes is SKILL
The disasspearance of the gap is SUCCESS
The momentum of energy in accomplishing the above is MOTIVATION

Thus the job of a manager or teacher or a friend is to not brand them as unmotivated but to help make them tap their inner potential and find why the energy is dormant or blocked and make them particpate and put their own efforts to reach their goals.

Instead of pushing solutions on people with the force of your arguement, pull solutions out of them.

Instead of condemning and disowning people, accomodate them by making them accomodate and acheive Success, as their success is your success too.

Instead of always thinking to solve the other person problem, think for a second whether you are their problem?

Get work done, not do their work as your responsibility is to make them feel responsible.

You cant change people, you can make them meet their true self, which they are seeking.