Posts Tagged ‘Motivation’
Is Your Leadership Style Motivating or Demoralizing?
Every business leader realizes their primary objective is to motivate people to do what is required, yet all of us with any experience in business tend to remember most those times when we felt highly demotivated by our leaders. Since I can’t imagine any leader demoralizing their team intentionally, I’ve concluded that the challenge must…
Read MoreHow to Create a Workplace Environment That Channels Employee Ambition into Success
Creating a work environment that instills ambition and drive for success rather than burnout doesn’t have to be that challenging. The key is to make employees feel appreciated. Nobody want to work hard Monday to Friday and leave their 9 to 5 jobs feeling miserable. Business owners should pay more attention to how their workers…
Read More7 Psychological Ways to Improve Productivity in the Workplace
Productivity is key to a healthy company. From using a standing desk to trying the Pomodoro Technique, the ongoing search for ways to increase productivity in the workplace never ends. The problem is, people react differently to the same techniques. Instead of treating everyone as if they think the same, try considering the following, easily…
Read MoreWhat Army Training Taught Me About Great Leaders
Generally speaking I’ve worked with 3 types of leaders in my life. Interestingly, I met the prototypes of each of them when I went in Army basic training. When I went through basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina back in 1995 there were 3 drill sergeants in charge of each platoon. At any given…
Read More4 Powerful Ways to Motivate Your Team
Inspiring leaders recognize that money is not the main reason people come to work. Sure, it’s the primary motivator for why we work—but once the concept of comparable pay for comparable work has been addressed, it fails to inspire passion in the workplace. Truly understanding the real reasons why most people turn up for work day after day, year…
Read MoreHow to Make Your Employees Feel Valued and Engaged
We all like to feel special. No matter where we work or what we do, we like knowing that our opinions, skills and expertise are needed. When employees feel valued, they’re more likely to put in extra time, go the extra mile and do what’s necessary for the sake of the company’s success. If you’re…
Read More4 Elements of Great Presentations
Great presentations do not happen by accident! Whether it is a sermon at church, a keynote at conference or your party plan home show, good presentations take planning! Secrets Of Great Presentations Inspiration: Whether you are presenting at a home party or to an audience of 1000 a great presentation inspires the crowd to new…
Read MoreHow to Scale Your Business without Burning Out
Every entrepreneur would love to quickly scale up their business to the point where it was making significant revenues. That, of course, is easier said than done. To scale your business requires an incredible amount of time and effort, and a little bit of luck thrown in for good measure. Many well-meaning entrepreneurs have found…
Read More5 Tips for When You’re Feeling Uninspired
Running a successful small business requires work ethic, creativity, organization and much more. With the amount of responsibility required to be an entrepreneur, it’s understandable if you occasionally lose focus. Instead of beating yourself up or accepting defeat, consider these five ways that you can tackle feeling uninspired, and turn it into constructive plans for…
Read More50 Ideas on How to Motivate Your Employees
A 2015 Gallup poll shows that in the United States over 50% of employees are not engaged, and 17.2% are actively disengaged. So how do you motivate people when over half of them are not engaged in the work place? Dan Pink in his book Drive, makes a case that employees are not driven by…
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