The Truth About Motivation

April 6, 2010 by Di  
Filed under change, change leadership, motivation, performance, reward, success

Most business leaders have lost sight of what motivates people at work. In fact, some companies haven’t updated their management practices in years,  which means they’re incapable of creating high-performance teams.

Companies continue to ignore the obvious: Offering incentives and rewards is less effective than tapping into truly meaningful intrinsic motivation. Leaders operate on old assumptions about motivation despite a wealth of well-documented scientific evidence.

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Relax, Don’t Worry: The Brain Science of Productivity

December 17, 2009 by Di  
Filed under goals, leadership, performance, productivity, success

Everyone you meet these days is overworked and out of time. In our tech-enhanced world, we have more timesaving helpers and systems than ever before.

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