by Luke Doyle You’re stuck in a motivational rut. You barely slept last night and you have a deadline looming. The pressure is high but your energy levels are so low, all you can think about is crawling back into bed. You’re stuck in a motivational rut. Whether you’re struggling to stick to a New...
Read moreby Brenda Berg Your subconscious mind is a powerful force to be reckoned with. It makes up around 95% of your brain power and handles everything your body needs to function properly, from eating and breathing to digesting and making memories. It’s a very strange being when you think about. The subconscious mind isn’t creative,...
Read moreby Lori Wade The driving force of any company is its employees and acknowledging the efforts and hard work that they put in goes a long way in boosting their morale. Here are 8 tips to achieve this. When an employee is satisfied and happy at their place of work, it reflects on their overall...
Read moreby Leila Dorari Millennials are the main workforce nowadays, which means they have significantly changed the ways of business. Companies compete to attract as many millennials as possible, as they are some of the top workers in a company. However, millennials also have different conditions they want to be fulfilled if they are to work...
Read moreby Leila Dorari Stewardship theory claims that family members provide upscale specific knowledge and strong commitment to a firm. A family-run business encloses many advantages in terms of flexibility, innovation, quick decision making, matched relationships, high employee engagement and loyalty. In addition, the family name and essence, the shared values and family dreams, as well as...
Read moreby Tanya Bourque Why is motivating employees important? There are many ways to measure the success of a company including sales growth, rate of territory expansion, and more. However, one essential measure of success is, in fact, very difficult to measure at all. The level of employee motivation and job satisfaction within any given organization...
Read moreby Emma Miller Employees are the most essential aspect of any successful business. The happier your employees are at work, the more efficient your business flow will be — it’s as simple as that. However, in order for employees to be good at what they do, they need to be motivated, engaged, productive and effective at...
Read moreby Sam, Management 3.0 Team Hands up if by the time you’re reading this, 50 percent of your New Year’s resolutions have fallen by the wayside. What about 80 percent? A recent article in the New York Times says that by January 8 – one week in – 25 percent of resolutions have lost their...
Read moreby Alex Moore While it’s laudable that companies nowadays are trying their best to provide their employees with satisfactory conditions, it’s important to be wary of going overboard. Excessively enforcing positivity policies at the workplace can be damaging for any business, even though management strategies keep promoting this method. The Burden of Forced Positivity According...
Read moreby Jock Purtle Making an exit from the business you’ve built can be an entrepreneur’s ultimate dream. You get to move onto bigger and better things while receiving a massive cash windfall. However, for the employees of the business being sold, life can be anything but exciting, and looking forward to a future when there is...
Read moreby Rae Steinbach In a business environment, you have to be able to rely on your staff. The biggest question then becomes: How do you keep your staff motivated without having to constantly look over their shoulders? As a company always trying to be mindful of budget and spending, you might not be able to...
Read moreby Jen McKenzie Business owners ideally want to keep productivity and profitability high throughout the year, and this means that you need to take regular steps to keep your team engaged and motivated. Some business owners and managers target morale only when productivity drops, but waiting until that happens can be detrimental to your company....
Read moreby Ryan Bridges Can you cut the tension and anxiety lingering in the air of your business with a knife? Are there no smiles in your office and little upbeat interaction between your employees? They’re probably not being properly motivated to do their jobs and your business is probably suffering for it. So, how do...
Read moreby Eliza Rafle Being a leader is many people’s dream. Many of us grew up with a good image of a leader. For example our parents were leaders — they were leading a family and doing a pretty good job at it. Some of the best childhood cartoons featured a leader. Think about Winnie the...
Read moreby Patrick Verdonk There are a lot of articles about the importance of designing employee engagement experiences. Many suggest that a good employee engagement starts way before somebody starts working for your company. Many companies may believe this is true, though few are acting on it. One of the reasons could be that companies find...
Read moreby Christian Delez The Disconnect Issue I often experience strange human behavior in our world including people who talk about others in bad ways, people who spend too much time discussing problems instead of finding solutions, and people who blame others for their mistakes. In addition to that, authority figures so often represent a culture...
Read moreby Jennifer Riggins As I already mentioned, I am part of a brilliant group of supportive and clever people, each who bring different skills to the table. Yesterday, I shared Steve Tallantyre’s explanation of how to leverage the science behind motivation. Today, I offer you Molly Sears-Piccavey‘s own personal tricks to gain and hold onto that...
Read moreby Jennifer Riggins As an American who moved from Barcelona to London the week of Brexit, particularly this week, I’m finding it hard to get motivated. Add to that I’ve got a cold and am still catching up on sleep after election results. But thankfully it’s all following my annual weekend of inspiration and ass-kicking...
Read moreby Louise Brace TED talks have become a source of great inspiration in recent years. They give us an insight into so many of life’s great questions and conundrums: How great leaders inspire; why we do what we do; the science of happiness, and why looks aren’t everything. They introduce us to new technologies and...
Read moreby Charles-Louis de Maere What do you do when two coworkers just don’t get along? How can you find the root of the friction? Learn how one team found a way to renew employee engagement and eliminate a lot of frustration by uncovering intrinsic motivation at the office. (Context) A few months ago, I started coaching at...
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