All Blog Posts Tagged 'motivation' (25)

The Leader as Facilitator

The days of command style leadership are long gone, yet surprisingly many leaders still use this style of leadership, especially when times are tough and organizations need to stay lean. Of course every style of leadership is appropriate according to the situation, but some people do not know how to balance all styles of leadership for the person and situation. The best style of leadership is participative leadership as this is what drives autonomous teamwork in an organization. Engaged autono… Continue

Added by Stephen Goldberg on October 22, 2009 at 4:11pm — No Comments

Science PROVES Carrots Are Rotten and Sticks Are Broken

I just watched a terrific presentation by Dan Pink, author of A Whole New Mind, The Adventures of Johnny Bunko and Free Agent Nation (and coming in December, Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us). Succinctly and humorously, Da… Continue

Added by Derek Irvine on September 5, 2009 at 9:04am — 3 Comments

Dan Pink talks at TED

Dan Pink has some interesting thoughts on Management, Business, Motivation, and Engagement: http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html Thanks to Loretta Donovan for pointing me to this TED Talk. Terry Continue

Added by Terrence Seamon on September 1, 2009 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

Thank You's the "Write" Way

I received a hand written thank you note for a project I did a few months ago. It was not only a pleasant surprise, but one that has maintained some impact after several months. I’m of the age that when I first started in work, we used to give recognition through hand written cards and notes on a regular (ok, maybe not so regular) basis. With the advent of e-mail and electronic forms of communication, the hand written thank you has gone the way of the pay phone – not quite dead, but pretty close… Continue

Added by Kurt Nelson on August 31, 2009 at 10:05am — 2 Comments

Achieving an Engaged Workforce * Aberdeen Reports

Continuing our look at recent industry research Aberdeen Group just issued “Beyond Satisfaction: Engaging Employees to Retain Customers.” A few interesting tidbits from the report: Following up on my comments in Monday’s post that there is no single definition for engageme… Continue

Added by Derek Irvine on August 26, 2009 at 3:38pm — No Comments

Leadership and team development question of the week

Each week I post a question on leadership and team development on my blog and public forum on our website. The forum allows people to post their answers. Each week we post the answer to the question according to Fritz glaus co-founder with me of http://threebrainsynergy.com. This weeks question is What makes real teamwork in organizations so difficult to achieve and maintain and so rare to find in today’s w… Continue

Added by Stephen Goldberg on August 25, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

Are you Managing Your Time or Managing Your Life?

I bet you started your morning looking at your daytimer, blackberry, outlook calendar, covey planner or whichever of the many tools and resources we have for managing our time. Did you look at your actions, your "to do" list for today? Actions are tactics, processes to achieve our goals. I have to be honest in saying I've never been one to totally master the use of my time like a fine tuned resource. It is something I work on each and every day. My day tends to expand as my right brain fills w… Continue

Added by Debora McLaughlin on August 23, 2009 at 10:25am — No Comments

Reach your Destination with a New Set of Directions

We all have destinations in mind, getting to work, driving home, going to your usual clients. A destination can even mean reaching someone at a different level, tuning in, being able to influence someone to be more responsive. When was the last time you approached your destination from a different direction? Even a geography change can mix things up a bit. Recently on vacation I decided to sit on the other side of the boat for our sunset cruise around the lake. I was surprised to see things fro… Continue

Added by Debora McLaughlin on August 23, 2009 at 10:21am — No Comments

Do your words promote or demote?

Are you empowering others each time you speak? Have you noticed that whenever you talk to someone, the energy seems to fade away and the other person seems uninterested? Then after the interaction there is a feeling of sadness and your enthusiasm is simply gone. If these things happen, then it is time to analyze yourself and work on your empowering skills. On the other hand, there are those people that whenever you talk to them, you feel energized and inspired. You suddenly seem to be excited to… Continue

Added by Debora McLaughlin on July 31, 2009 at 12:41am — No Comments

Three steps to creating a Pay it Forward Environment

It is true that when you empower other people, you are not only influencing them, but you also empower the people they influence. So when you empower another person, you are actually giving him the power to accomplish something. Thus, you are basically giving others the ability to empower, too. But how will you be able to empower another person? The truth is empowerment is the product of responsibility and authority. When you empower someone, you must also give him the authority to make decisio… Continue

Added by Debora McLaughlin on July 31, 2009 at 12:23am — No Comments

Do Not Be Afraid to Take the Lead

You can empower yourself if you have the knowledge of who you really are and what your real purpose in life is. But it is also important that we touch the lives of other people in order for our lives to be more meaningful. You should get more out of your life. One way of accomplishing this is extending yourself to others who need help. This way, you are empowering others with your life. But it is also important that you analyze first your self if you are really a source of empowerment to others… Continue

Added by Debora McLaughlin on July 28, 2009 at 3:36am — No Comments

Different Influencing Styles

Your behavior as a manager as well as your approach to life in general will greatly affect your success or ultimate failure. That is why it is important to have various styles of behaviors and a wide range of approach. This gives you flexibility and increases your choices in your everyday dealings with other people. It will also help you in the long run in achieving success. For most managers, they usually prefer to use the natural style of influence. But for the flexible managers, they usually… Continue

Added by Debora McLaughlin on July 27, 2009 at 5:04am — No Comments

The Art of Influencing and Empowering Others

As a leader, you may have different goals and you want to achieve them your way. You may be either in charge of a team and want to make the best decisions, or you may also be a leader who wants to motivate members to be more productive. Or you could be someone who wants to display your leadership skills to people who are not showing obedience. These different scenarios define your leadership style. Being a leader means having to motivate people to be more productive, and in some cases, change d… Continue

Added by Debora McLaughlin on July 22, 2009 at 11:09am — No Comments

Motivation vs Inspiration

Hi. I just found this great link with a very interesting topic. http://betterworldmovement.com/2009/07/Motivation-or-Inspiration/ "Motivation is something that comes from within. As a manager or leader, I dont believe I can motivate you to do something, especially something that you aren’t interested in doing. Motivation is completely personal. What I CAN do is to create an environment that fost… Continue

Added by Frode Heimen on July 6, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Learning From a Child

I have two children, both boys, and they are a blessing. Every day I learn from them probably more than they learn from me. Sometimes I learn positive things about myself and at other times I gain less flattering insights; and then sometimes they provide me flashes of brilliance that are timely and relate to my work. After all children are just small adults. This is one of those moments. My oldest was 7 years old and my youngest was 4 years old. We were on vacation and came upon a rock climbing… Continue

Added by Brad Federman on May 11, 2009 at 7:51am — 1 Comment

Engagement on the Increase?

Several studies are reporting increased levels of engagement. The Sunday Times reported the employees at the companies that appear on the Best Companies to Work For list: “Employee engagement remained steady at 71%. Workers are still as committed and motivated as they were and some even more so. Although people are worried about job security they are not blaming their company for… Continue

Added by Derek Irvine on May 8, 2009 at 2:46pm — 4 Comments

Gucci & Employee Engagement in BusinessWeek

In this excellent BusinessWeek article on employee engagement in a recession, Robert Polet, CEO of Gucci, made the statement: "Employees need to understand both current and long-term direction, as well their role in it, to remain motivated and engaged." I agree. In fact, this is a best practice we encourage through strategic recognition - tie every employee recognition directly to a strategic goal c… Continue

Added by Derek Irvine on April 30, 2009 at 2:27pm — No Comments

What Type of Recognition Do YOU Need?

Have you considered the different forms of employee recognition? I don’t mean incentives vs. rewards, etc. I mean the different types of recognition employees (at all levels) need. Gallup recently released a report on Building Engagement in This Economic Crisis. James K. Harter, Ph.D, Gallup’s chief scientist of workplace management and well-being, put it this way: "In good times, employee engagement is… Continue

Added by Derek Irvine on April 22, 2009 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment

Leadership vs. Management

A business owner asked me whether he should be concerned about leadership before management or how the two interact. We worked together to find an approach that would work for him. From my experience, it’s helpful to develop a coherent strategy that builds leaders and then managers based on their interests. In this way companies can hire and staff positions based on what people really excel at. Leadership development refers to building on people’s existing strengths to help them become leaders… Continue

Added by Guy Farmer on April 22, 2009 at 10:45am — 1 Comment

"Primal Management" by Paul Herr

I'm a recent member, thanks to my brief association with Paul Herr, author of "Primal Management", a book which delivers the tools to fix the failing management structure of Corporate America, by focusing on what really drives employee motivation; and ultimately a company's success. Hopefully, everyone in this network is familiar with his work. Suffice to say, it's a book which should be ingrained in our business culture, the sooner the better. We're witnessing one of the worst economic periods… Continue

Added by Larry Underwood on April 12, 2009 at 9:04am — No Comments

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