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Of monkeys, donkeys, carrots & sticks – the surprising nature of Motivation

I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase “If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.” In this article I start to question the predominant ethos of reward based Motivation and start to explore the idea that “If you use carrots and sticks, you’ll end up with donkeys.” On the surface it makes complete sense that if you …

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Such stuff as dreams are made on

I don’t know if it has ever occurred to you, but everything that anybody has ever achieved started out as a dream. Whether it is a child persuading a parent to buy an ice cream, a business person building a successful business, or landing people on the moon, they all started with an imagined outcome …

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Not All Your People are Valuable Assets

How many times have you heard or said something that sounds broadly like “Our people are our most valuable asset”? I know it’s a cliché, but I imagine that most people reading this would, at least generally, agree with that sentiment. Well, here’s the bad news: IT’S NOT TRUE! What’s worse: some of your people …

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