Steve Farber

MAY 31, 2017

As a motivational speaker, my mentors (and I’ve had several including Jim Kouzes, Tom Peters, and Terry Pearce) had more confidence in my abilities than I did, and always looked for opportunities to shove me into the training and speaking spotlight. Try building a tree fort with no hammer or nails (not that I’ve done that).

Mentor 74

Mentor Quality P&L Hammer 74

Steve Farber

MAY 31, 2017

As a motivational speaker, my mentors (and I’ve had several including Jim Kouzes, Tom Peters, and Terry Pearce) had more confidence in my abilities than I did, and always looked for opportunities to shove me into the training and speaking spotlight. Try building a tree fort with no hammer or nails (not that I’ve done that).

Mentor 40

Mentor Quality P&L Hammer 40

Deming Institute

APRIL 7, 2016

The best policy may be to avoid incentives altogether and focus instead on creating systems in which intrinsic motivation, cooperation, ethical behavior, trust, creativity, and joy in work can flourish. In those cases where the slogan is actually used as a hammer to blame employees when results disappoint is when it does cause damage.

Deming 28

Deming System Incentives Short-term 28