Meetings Can Be Good (Or At Least, Not Bad)
We’ve written here a few times before about the costs of unnecessary meetings, some ways to avoid them, and ideas for making the meetings that you DO need more productive. A few years ago I stumbled across a very useful article that suggests some ways to increase the effectiveness of your meetings when you have […]
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- Sep, 23, 2016
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Sep, 23, 2016
Link Employee Objectives to the Mission
You want to get the most out of your employees, and they want to develop their skills while doing something meaningful. If you think about it, those are pretty complementary ambitions, so you should find a tool that satisfies them both. Setting objectives for your employees that are tied to your organization’s mission helps them […]
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- Posted in Leading
- Sep, 21, 2016
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Extrinsic Demotivation
Authors from Plato to Daniel Pink (well, maybe not Plato) have talked about the importance of intrinsic motivation among your employees, that is, being motivated by their own interest in their work rather than by external factors like compensation and pats on the head. You get your best work from people, they say, when those […]
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- Sep, 14, 2016
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Angry Learning
I have a dark, ugly secret to reveal: I still play Angry Birds. Yes, it’s more than half a decade old, which is like 3,007,903 years in technology terms. And yes, it has been supplanted by so much more, even in just the last few months. But while everyone else is hunting Pokemon, I am […]
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- Sep, 05, 2016
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Here, There, and Everywhere
Whether you are talking about Uber drivers and the gig economy, or the broader notion of free agents and the movement by many to work for themselves, there are many people who can be working for you who may not be working for you full-time. In these cases, do you have their full attention? There […]
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- Posted in Free Agents
- Sep, 02, 2016
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