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.
From Doing Things to People to Working Together What Commitment Really Means What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close [Status: stub] POST NAVIGATION From Doing Things to People to Working Together What Commitment Really Means What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take Continue reading Introduction: Motivation and Engagement ** If you are motivated you are engaged
Introduction: Motivation and Engagement ** Motivation ** 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 we fully commit—without conditions or expectations—momentum builds, 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 ** 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 Covey Economists and workplace consultants regard Continue reading Motivation ** Motivation is a fire from within
Motivation ** Punished by Rewards 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 and resisting, controlling and consenting. What injects Continue reading Engagement ** Organizations live or die in the swarm of daily interchange
It is often suggested that offering rewards is necessary to motivate people, particularly when it comes to sharing their knowledge. However, this strategy is ultimately ineffective and potentially harmful in the long run. Continue reading Punished by Rewards Loving what you do is a more powerful motivator than any goody
We use the words responsibility and accountability loosely in everyday language, but what’s the difference? We take responsibility but are held accountable. We can not make someone responsible for something; we can only hold them accountable. Continue reading The Difference Between Responsibility and Accountability We take responsibility but are held accountable
People spend a great deal of time trying to change other people’s behaviour. That often creates resistance rather than engagement. Better results come from working with people instead of trying to do things to them. Continue reading From Doing Things to People to Working Together Changing the relationship changes the conversation
