Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

How do you motivate colleagues to support your initiatives and adopt your ideas? “That way, they won’t impute negative intentions or motives to you.” Case Study #1: Stay current and build relationships with your colleagues so that you understand what motivates them. What the Experts Say.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Social Nation : How to Harness the Power of Social Media to Attract Customers, Motivate Employees, and Grow Your Business by Barry Libert It’s time to join Social Nation and prosper! As the Chairman and CEO of Mzinga, a company that provides social software to businesses. Marketing 101 principles still apply.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Social Nation : How to Harness the Power of Social Media to Attract Customers, Motivate Employees, and Grow Your Business by Barry Libert It’s time to join Social Nation and prosper! Get to know them and understand what motivates them, what inspires them, and what they want when they come to work.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Social Nation : How to Harness the Power of Social Media to Attract Customers, Motivate Employees, and Grow Your Business by Barry Libert It’s time to join Social Nation and prosper! As the chairman and CEO of Mzinga ® , a company that provides social software to businesses, quite literally, it’s my job to be social media savvy.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2014

And yet it’s essential to boosting employee engagement, motivation, and candor. Managers will never learn the truth about a company unless they have employees’ trust,” explains Jim Dougherty, a senior lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management and veteran software CEO. You have to motivate them to do it.” Here’s how.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Case Study #1: Be thoughtful about how you position yourself to the hiring manager. A year later, Lauren was working as a temp to make ends meet when she applied to what was essentially a marketing assistant job. Based on her research, she knew the company was starting to sell business plan software and consulting services.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

How do you form group norms, establish clear goals, and create an environment where everyone feels comfortable and motivated to contribute? It motivates people,” says Shapiro, “and can win you goodwill you might need later if the going gets tough.” Case study #1: When in doubt, over-communicate.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2016

For most people, the possibility of missing out on a promised promotion or suffering other consequences “tied to the pocketbook” will be a strong motivation to behave in a more civil way. Case Study #1: Give direct feedback and support the rest of the team. Case Study #2: Help him rebuild his reputation.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 23, 2015

Use that information to pinpoint what tasks make you feel motivated and absorbed. Case Study #1: The power of enthusiastic peers. ” Case Study #2: Taking on new tasks. ” She took over the launch of the temporary marketing site, and really enjoyed the experience. Assume your job is fixed.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

After all, it’s more than a resume; “it’s a marketing document,” says John Lees, a UK-based career strategist and author of Knockout CV. If you have expertise with a specific type of software, for example, include it in the experience section. Case study #1: Tailor your resume to each job.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

How do you best motivate someone who you don’t have formal authority over? “To be a successful freelancer, you need to be self-motivated and able to work without someone looking over your shoulder,” says King. “Pay them market rate,” says Pink, “and if you value their work pay them more.”

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Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Look to those who aren’t just saying they are experts but can demonstrate some successful examples or case studies from their expertise.​ Networking and marketing are vital parts of building a business, so make sure you have a plan to tackle both.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2015

The hiring manager is likely to see it as a sign of commitment and motivation, and you’ll get the chance to interact with your colleagues and get a feel for the day-to-day environment and how your potential boss influences it. Case Study #1: Don’t ignore the red flags. Case Study #2: Do your homework.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2016

Your goal is to be a confident, “self-motivated and self-propelled” contributor, who doesn’t need “validation from a boss to do a good job or to be happy,” she adds. Case Study #1: Stay positive and become the source of your own approval. ” Case Study #2: Find a sounding board.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2016

In certain circumstances, “working for a manager who’s task-oriented and has a high need for achievement can be motivating,” says Linda Hill, professor at Harvard Business School and coauthor of Being the Boss. Case Study #1: Lay out your parameters and priorities. What the Experts Say.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2011

This has been an explosive summer — markets in turmoil, cities in flames, politics in meltdown. It is also an entertaining case study in the power of grassroots innovation and open-source creativity, a positive symbol of how unchecked human energy, shaped by a few simple rules, can unleash truly amazing results.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2018

If you were entering the job market in the early 90s, most job descriptions included “Macintosh experience” or “excellent PC skills” in their preferred qualifications. Because of this, a fourth motivational principle must be added: personal growth and development.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

And as the world continues to digitize and almost every product and service becomes more driven by (or at least integrated with) software, this need grows even stronger. With software, however, the relationship between we’ve finished building it and it has the effect we intended is much less clear.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

” Reflect on your motivations. “Find out their motivations for building the business.” Do: Consider your motivations for wanting to join a startup, and reflect on what makes you a desirable candidate. Case Study #1: Get to know the founder and spend quality time with the team.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

As the boss, your goal is to have all your employees operating at their peak level of energy, efficiency, and motivation—which can be a challenge when it comes to leading a team comprised of introverts and extroverts. Case Study #1: Talk to your team members about how they prefer to work and learn.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2015

When you’re shopping around for a new technology — be it a customer relationship management (CRM) program or software to better manage employee timesheets — bear your team’s interests in mind. “Leverage [your company’s] marketing department to communicate and disseminate that message.”

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