Category: Motivation
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Why aren’t you motivated?
I am talking a lot about motivation this week. I always find the topic interesting and am always surprised by the general lack of understanding of what is a key management issue. I generally come into the topic from the angle of what is motivation and what motivated people. In future I am going to…
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Setting Goals
Photo by Manasvita S on Unsplash Hope you had a great weekend and you are now fresh and ready for another big week at work. Maybe it is a good time to set some goals for work and life as we zoom into the end of the year. The article below explains some great tips on how to…
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Measuring business in a different way
Photo by Caju Gomes on Unsplash Interesting video below on measuring the intangible stuff in business. The guy, Chip Conley also wrote a book on this. The link below has some great points but check out the Emotional Equations. I have used some in training. Useful and fun. Link to emotional equations. Can’t see the video – click…
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Sunday Zephyr – Adrenalin
Photo by Pablo Heimplatz on Unsplash How is your Sunday going? Hope you are relaxing and getting ready for the week ahead. My next few weeks are hectic. Travel, different programs and different groups but isn’t that fun. If you need a hit of adrenalin to get things going today watch the video below. Great stuff? Can’t see…
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Learning Inspiration
Photo by Luca Upper Here are ten good ideas to get people interested in learning in the workplace. Read the article here.
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Praise
Photo by Nghia Le How much praise do you dish out during your training? Watch the video – something to think about. Can’t see the video – click here.
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Learners I Want
Photo by davide ragusa All of the most important things I have learnt have occurred due to a strong emotional drive. Pride, competition, envy, frustration, anger, fear of failure, fascination are just some of those emotional drivers. If you are not emotionally driven you will not learn effectively. Learning to get a qualification – no. Learning because…
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Open plan, hot desking, small offices: What is Best?
During a number of my recent presentations on innovation, motivation and performance I have referred to office design as a way of encouraging people to be creative and innovative. It started to occur to me that apart from all of the examples I had seen and experienced myself as an employee I wasn’t really sure…
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Managers and engaged staff
I have spent the last couple of weeks talking to different groups about management, leadership, engagement and performance. There are a lot of misconceptions in how all of this comes together and the article below is a good primer to the discussion. Some excellent figures which you can use when you discuss these topics with…
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Motivation and Purpose.
Most people know that I am a huge fan of Dan Pink’s book, Drive. You have to read it if you want to understand motivation and the modern workplace. Here is a great article explaining the critical importance of Purpose which is part of the motivation triangle, Purpose, Mastery and Autonomy. Please read it and…