Monthly Archives: April 2010
5 minutes and 20 Slides: A Cool Motivator!
What would happen if at your next team meeting instead of talking off of your typical status spreadsheets your team each gave their status update in 5 minutes and using 20 PowerPoint slides? I recently came across Ignite Phoenix through … Continue reading
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Warning Signs: Are Your Employees Motivated?
In previous blog articles we have discussed the positive or engaged traits of the 4-Drive Model. When employees are motivated and engaged in the work they do the 4-Drive Model can help provide a framework for what behavior is occurring … Continue reading
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Personality and motivation – findings from my dissertation and how I was wrong
Basically what I predicted was that I would find a relationship between sales people’s score on their personality assessment (the NEO-FFI) and how well they performed in the contest. Remarkably, I was wrong! Continue reading
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Celebrations – Love or Loathe?
Celebrations mark important milestone in organizations from project completions to recognizing employees for the number of years employed by the organization. Like motivation, the process and appreciation of celebrating can vary from individual to individual. Are you the type of person … Continue reading
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When you get motivation right – Oak Ridge Hotel & Conference Center (part 1)
Susan and I just had the wonderful pleasure of spending a day interviewing 11 people at Oak Ridge Hotel & Conference Center to try to uncover their secret – because they have gotten the formula right on employee motivation. Continue reading
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Amazon exiting the incentive game
So Amazon is leaving the incentive market which they just entered three years ago. From all reports it isn’t because the venture isn’t profitable, but instead it is about ensuring that their brand and their customer service reputation are not sullied. Continue reading
Motivation: Simple and Elegant
Some days the words just do not come, they do not flow like you would like them to so you sit and wait. Waiting for some of us can be agony as we are used to moving things forward and … Continue reading
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