Only one book debuted on the Wall Street Journal business best-seller list this week (July 23-24, p. C14). The book is entitled Pivot: The Art and Science of Reinventing Your Career and Life (Atria Books, 2016). It entered the list at #7, and has been available since mid-April of this year. The author is Adam Markel. … Read More Markel Debuts Pivot on Best-Selling Business List
Many of you know that I am a 12-year member of the National Speakers Association and a Past President of the North Texas Chapter. Therefore, I run in circles with all types of speakers, including the highly-paid keynote style. I found this point interesting in a article published last year in Meetings and Conventions magazine (July… Read More Getting Motivated about Motivation? I Don’t Think So!
Recently, after my first presentation of my synopsis/briefing of Daniel Pink’s Drive, I wrote these observations and questions/implications: • Some observations: 1. Different jobs require different approaches to motivation. 2. Different people require different approaches to motivation. 3. The extrinsic motivation of the last century works best for “routine” jobs. 4. Extrinsic motivation can actually de-motivate… Read More How Do You Motivate An Employee? — How Do You Motivate Yourself?
One Size Fits All; Right?! – Not Any More. This is true in so many ways. And one way is “motivation.” In the old days, the days that Daniel Pink calls Motivation 2.0, motivation was simple. Carrots and sticks. Going back to the days of Frederick Winslow Taylor: You simply rewarded the behavior you sought… Read More One Size Fits All; Right?! – Not Any More (Motivation 3.0 Has Arrived)
There are business books that deal with practically every business issue you can imagine. But there is one theme that never disappears, that is perpetually resurrected, because it deals with such a basic human problem. It goes by a lot of names: motivation; self-improvement; self-help. The idea is simple – how can I get better… Read More Do You Suffer from a Motivation Deficit?
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