Mike Cardus

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The work of Frederick Herzberg and motivational theory points to some interesting things. Remaining unencumbered by managers who use and believe that dissatisfiers and ‘you got to kick them’ to motivate work. These 2 satisfiers can increase the engagement of work teams and people. ” Manager, “Yes but.”

Herzberg 145

Herzberg Motivation Learning-by-Doing Influence 145

The Center For Leadership Studies

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

When you lose a proven performer, at a minimum you lose time—the time it will take someone else to develop the experience necessary to fill the gap created by the departure. We have come to believe that employees don’t leave organizations, they leave their managers. Why Do Employees Leave Their Jobs? In reality, they leave both.

Attrition 52

Attrition Micromanagement Short-term Situational Leadership 52

Next Level Blog

JULY 16, 2010

Number two was "praise and expressions of thanks from my team and my customers." One guy talked about how he had been working on being more connected with the people on his team and how he had been a lot more intentional about getting around to just talk with people about what was going on in their lives.

Herzberg 146

Herzberg Executive Coaching Newsletter Blog 146

LDRLB

APRIL 21, 2014

Actually, reading the book reminded me of this old anecdote that I heard one time, a conversation between a sort of unnamed CEO and an unnamed CFO and essentially, the CFO was asking, “What happens if we invest all this money to develop our people and they leave?” and the CEO’s response is, “Well, what happens if we don’t and they stay?”.

Human Capital 60

Human Capital Open-book CFO Innovation 60