Month: November 2014

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How to effectively motivate your employees, Part 2

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us In his book Drive, Pink uses 50 years of behavioral science to overturn the conventional wisdom about how to effectively motivate your employees. Last week (read the article here), we discussed how the underlying theme to Pink’s book is the clash between extrinsic motivation and intrinsic motivation. […]

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Autonomy Book Reviews Employee Engagement Extrinsic Vs. Intrinsic Motivation Leadership Motivation Organisational Culture Purpose Teamwork

How to effectively motivate your employees

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us “Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like money—the carrot-and-stick approach. That’s a mistake, says Daniel H. Pink. In this provocative and persuasive new book, he asserts that the secret to high performance and satisfaction-at work, at school, and at home—is the […]