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The Puzzle of Motivation

3 September, 2018 by James Lawther 1 Comment

who've been studying motivation have given us this new approach.

TED Talk Dan Pink Improving employee performance is as easy as 1, 2, 3: Write an objective Define a metric Provide an incentive Then set people off to hit the goal.  It is just a question of building motivation. In his entertaining TED talk Dan Pink explains why this approach destroys motivation  instead of creating […]

Filed Under: Best of the Web, Blog Tagged With: beliefs, command and control, Daniel Pink, human nature, incentives, motivation, performance management, targets, video

Research: To Be a Good Leader, Start By Being a Good Follower

12 August, 2018 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

Harvard Business Review Kim Peters and Alex Haslam Who does the best job of finding good leaders? Assessors: managers, recruiters and trainers.  People whose job it is to find and promote talent. Leaders: the person themselves. Individuals who are convinced that they have what it takes. Followers: the team who have to work for the leader. The […]

Filed Under: Best of the Web, Blog Tagged With: beliefs, human nature, leadership, teamwork

Failing to Learn

23 July, 2018 by James Lawther 6 Comments

Flight 1549 On the 15th of January 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 struck a flock of canada geese as it was climbing away from New York City’s LaGuardia Airport.  The plane lost all engine power.  The pilots, Chesley Sullenberger and Jeffrey Skiles, were forced to land on the River Hudson off Midtown Manhattan. Boats rescued […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: blame, culture, error proofing, human nature, incentives, learning, reinforcing behaviour

The World’s Most Toxic Culture?

5 July, 2018 by James Lawther 4 Comments

The Four Pests

Organisational culture If you have been reading this blog for a while you will have noticed that I am a caught in a repeating loop.  The human equivalent of a stuck record. I write about organisational improvement.  There are lots of fascinating advances in technology, management thinking and other whiz-bang solutions that I could pontificate […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: blame, command and control, culture, human nature, incentives, management style, rhetoric, targets

The Perfect Point of View

18 June, 2018 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

Tree Perspective

Perspective When you look at a tree, what comes to mind? Do you see: A marvel of evolution An organism that has developed to hold as many leaves as possible, maximising surface area so it can catch every passing ray of sunlight. A commercial product A resource waiting to be harvested, processed, transported and sold. […]

Filed Under: Blog, Operations Analysis Tagged With: assumptions, human nature, ignorance, innovation, what don't you see

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