The underlying belief of exhortation is that people simply are not giving it their all, and so management’s job is to entice and encourage people to do a better job than they previously have. The great search for ways to engage employees involves many well-intended but misguided approaches. Exhortation. Management by objectives. Tools and techniques. » Read More
Tag Archives: motivation
Employee engagement: a three-legged stool
Many authors have written about people management, project management or corporate culture as separate topics. But a new book by Ben Snyder ties together all three subjects and paints a clear picture of how they interact to nurture (or damage) employee engagement and organizational performance. Read this review, find the book and set fire to the status quo.
You’re in the driver’s seat
Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there. Make motivation a habit and you will get there.Zig Ziglar
The 5 Be’s of Motivation
It’s not true in every organization, but it is true in many. Managers (leaders) often don’t understand their employees. They don’t know how to motivate, inspire, and correct people effectively. As I work with my clients, I hear the same questions repeatedly: “How do I get my employees to … Quit complaining?” Do more than » Read More
Care to Motivate at Thought Leaders
Mike Figliuolio offered me the opportunity to guest post over on the Thought Leaders Blog. I wrote about the need to care about people before you earn the right to expect their best effort. In the context of motivation, the post refers to the motivation gap: the gap between what motivates different people on the » Read More
What’s Your Driving Ambition?
As 2010 comes to a close and we prepare for a new year ahead, it’s worthwhile to reflect on what we’ve accomplished this year and what we hope to achieve in 2011. As seasons of our lives change, so do our motivations and dreams, and all successful leaders know that you have to know your » Read More
Biased Justification for Poor Leadership
I just finished reading an article published by Entrepreneur.com written by George Cloutier: The Turnaround Ace. The title of the article is Your Company Is not a Democracy: The most effective leaders are benevolent dictators who hold employees accountable. It brought back memories of several jobs I have had so I thought, in the spirit » Read More
Spontaneous Motivation
“If people are going to do their best, they must be internally motivated” – Kouzes & Posner Leadership Challenge 4th Edition Real success in energizing an organization or a community or a tribe comes from a shared vision and spontaneous motivation. By “spontaneous” I mean “controlled and directed internally,” and “produced without being planted or » Read More
Random Acts of Motivation
This is part of a series of posts organized and arranged by Jane Perdue. You can find the introduction here and the post on networking by Jennifer V. Miller at her blog The People Equation. I also posted on Sincerity and Office Politics. This week, we’ll discuss Susan Mazza‘s great post on the political side » Read More
Futility
I just disabled Windows Update for some of my “important” security updates. It’s a lengthy story; but the whole ordeal drove home some important leadership lessons. Let’s discuss the lesson first and provide details for the interested later. Can you recall ever feeling helpless? There’s nothing more frustrating than knowing that you can’t accomplish what » Read More
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