Because you can…
Just because people work for you (and therefore are supposed to do what you tell them) doesn’t mean it’s not better to motivate them to actually want to do the work!
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10 IDEAS FROM THE WEBINAR:
MOTIVATING WITHOUT MONEY
Category: Employee Motivation
Motivating without Money
Motivation is Personal
Money is the easiest and least personal way to motivate people (if you have money). If you don’t, you need to get down to the real business of making people actually care about what they are working on. Read More
Personal Recognition or Money?
Money is the easiest and least personal way to motivate people — that is, if you have money.
Why people care
If you don’t have money, you need to get down to the real business of making people actually care about what they are working on. Read More
Motivating Virtual Teams
Getting your whole team in the same room these days is rare.
So how do you create a sense of team?
And how do you motivate people you can’t spend time with in person?
Thank you for your ideas
This article includes some thoughts from my first blog post ever! Read More
Uncertainty is Expensive
Hidden Expense…
Uncertainty is a huge hidden expense in your business.
There’s the obvious expense of work not getting done — as uncertainty causes people waiting for decisions instead of working.
But the more damaging and expensive side of uncertainty is the work that gets done the wrong way. Read More
Clarity and Conflict
Getting Clear
As I work with management teams who want to successfully execute a change…
Or to get their organization to step up to a more strategic or scalable way of working…
They often tell me, this is not a new idea, but we need to make it stick this time. Read More
Guilty or Incompetent?
Are your colleagues evil or just incompetent?
OK,”evil” is too strong a word, but what about those people that are “guilty”.
Guilty of not supporting you, putting obstacles in your way, and failing to deliver what they said they would?
Assumptions drive outcomes
Your assumptions about someone’s guilt or competence drive your reactions, your behaviors, and therefore the outcomes you get. Read More
Does anybody really care?
There are many reasons that good strategies fail.
They range from, poor communication, lack of alignment, difficulty with change, underestimating resources required, failing to train people, running out of time…
But at the heart of all these things is:
How much do your employees care? Read More
Punished for being Smart
Being the smartest one in the room is not easy. 
Really smart people who get to the answer before everyone else get frustrated because:
- No one wants to listen to you
- No one gets why you are right
- Everyone seems to WANT to go slower (and it is infuriating)
- You resent having to make the effort of “bringing people along”
Good guy or bad guy?
Read MoreThrown Overboard
Very early in my career (I emphasize “very early” as this is not an incident I am proud of and didn’t want you to think this was last week!).
I was in a sales training session and we had to do a lifeboat exercise. Read More
