rational intuition of what motivates people - You complement the meats of motivation (pay, meaningful work) with a leader that possess strong people skills, charisma, and you have the conditions for a potential best case scenario outcome.
Also the potential for the worst case scenario, as many charismatic dictators show.
And in two companies I worked at, the minute a charismatic, clueless bureaucrat swaggered in, took over the orgs and started barking orders (in a polite and charismatic fuck-you way), all top developers left, as if by magic.
Charisma does one thing: Make other people work for you and let you steal their output and take credit for their successes.
The leaders of the successful Asian tech nations don't seem that charismatic, but rather competent and intelligent. The West should take note.