At the end of each day, ask employees to simply share their answers to 3 questions where others can see. For example, if in a shared document or a wiki or even better, an enterprise-wide social tool – where people can easily respond in short-form text and others can peruse their response and comment/ ask questions.
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Dan Pink in his 2009 book Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us stated that Motivation is a result of three elements. It’s when people have Autonomy, are gaining Mastery, and have a sense of Purpose. You don’t need clever HR initiatives, new CM systems, or fancy mission statement changes to keep employees motivated. What you need is
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What’s the IKEA Effect? Simply, it is a form of narcissism where we tend to appreciate and overvalue the things WE create ourselves. So a reason we may love IKEA furniture is less about how inexpensive it is but more that we built it with our own two hands. Going it alone, as noted, can
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12 years ago… “What? People aren’t responding to our ads!? Quick! We need to engage with them on social media!” 8 years ago… “What? People are using their phones to find info and do research? Quick! We need to have a mobile strategy!” 4 years ago… “What? A job isn’t enough any more!? Quick! We have to make
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Many leaders argue that their people don’t have time to create content, share knowledge, answer questions, reflect on their own work, blog, etc – you know, social behaviors. No time? There is plenty of time but it’s being wasted. But where? A quick Google search on the topic of time wasting at work revealed endless
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