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Bonus or No Bonus? | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

There is a tremendous amount of conflicting data as to whether or not incentive compensation in any form is an effective motivation tool. I have witnessed bonuses motivate the correct behaviors and I’ve watched them motivate abhorrent behavior. I personally dont feel bonuses work to promote a good work ethic.

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How To Present Yourself Like A Professional. | Rich Gee Group

Rich Gee Group

I have a Satnav form a company who is ‘obsessed with accuracy’ and whose map has not been updated since July 2006 and also has huge errors in it. Twitter used for puffery only, not for customer service Website statements that are at odds with the organisation’s philosophy. The satnav is going back. I could go on!

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Leadership & Political Correctness | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I don’t know about you, but it’s almost as if we have raised a generation of leaders who feel they have a moral and ethical obligation to be politically correct – WRONG. How sad is this? Their responsibility is to be correct; not politically correct. Are these extreme statements? Thanks for sharing the amazing quote Ken.

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Diversity & Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

It is not my intent to offend anyone with the text that follows, and if you find yourself being offended, it is my opinion that you need to examine your motives and principles. A sense of entitlement is not a substitute for work ethic and a desire to achieve.

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The Happiness Advantage: Introduction

Strategy Driven

This pattern of belief explains what most often motivates us in life. When we are positive, our brains become more engaged, creative, motivated, energetic, resilient, and productive at work. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard and earned a Masters from Harvard Divinity School in Christian and Buddhist ethics.

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The Happiness Advantage: Escaping the Cult of the Average

Strategy Driven

When we are positive, our brains become more engaged, creative, motivated, energetic, resilient, and productive at work. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard and earned a Masters from Harvard Divinity School in Christian and Buddhist ethics. This isn’t just an empty mantra. In 2007, Shawn founded Good Think Inc.

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Managing and Motivating Employees in Their Twenties

Harvard Business Review

While that formative decade is long and dynamic for each person; in a companion post I've offered some observations on the differences between Generation Z and Generation After-Lehman ; there are some consistencies in how best to manage and motivate excellent twenty-somethings. Early investment of this kind yields payoff fast.