an online book by David Gurteen
Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insinuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor.
Credit: Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC – 65) Roman Philosopher & Playwright
What has the potential to engage and energize people, bring them closer together, and improve their effectiveness? It’s conversation.
In this chapter, I take a broad look at motivation and engagement and in particular the impact of measures and rewards.
We Need to Stop Trying to Do Things to Each Other What Commitment Really Means Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close [Status: stub] POST NAVIGATION We Need to Stop Trying to Do Things to Each Other What … Continue reading Introduction: Motivation and Engagement ** If you are motivated you are engaged
Introduction: Motivation and Engagement ** Motivation ** Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close Commitment shapes our decisions and actions, but not all commitments are the same. Without true commitment, hesitation and uncertainty hold us back. The moment … Continue reading What Commitment Really Means We are committed when we decide to do something without any expectation of return
What Commitment Really Means Engagement ** Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly. Credit: Stephen … Continue reading Motivation ** Motivation is a fire from within
Motivation ** Punished by Rewards Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close Organizations live or die in the swarm of daily interchange — in complimenting and criticizing, passing and retaining information, smiling and frowning, asking and answering, demanding … Continue reading Engagement ** Organizations live or die in the swarm of daily interchange
Engagement ** The Difference Between Responsibility and Accountability Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close It is often suggested that offering rewards is necessary to motivate people, particularly when it comes to sharing their knowledge. However, this strategy … Continue reading Punished by Rewards Loving what you do is a more powerful motivator than any goody
Punished by Rewards We Need to Stop Trying to Do Things to Each Other Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close We use the words responsibility and accountability loosely in everyday language, but what’s the difference? We take responsibility but … Continue reading The Difference Between Responsibility and Accountability We take responsibility but are held accountable
The Difference Between Responsibility and Accountability Introduction: Motivation and Engagement ** Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close To encourage engagement and ownership, we must stop trying to do things to each other. People often ask me, “How … Continue reading We Need to Stop Trying to Do Things to Each Other And start working together
