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Why Can’t Anyone Motivate Me?

Tim Milburn

When it comes to motivation, you might think this requires giving something to someone else that pumps them up (like a pep talk, a bonus, an ultimatum, etc). But motivation actually comes from the inside of a person. You can’t actually motivate someone else. People often say that motivation doesn’t last.

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When Values Clash: Overcome an Invisible Barrier to Great Corporate Culture

Let's Grow Leaders

The Invisible Barrier to Great Corporate Culture Our favorite definition of culture comes from marketing guru Seth Godin. He says culture is simply “People like us, do things like this.” Let’s look at one more common example of a values clash: “work-life balance” and “we do what it takes.” Let’s see, what should I do next?”

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Boost Your Efficiency: The Best Productivity Podcasts to Listen to Now

Strategy Driven

You will find that you can focus better on what you’re doing and make fewer mistakes. From business leaders like Seth Godin to athletes like LeBron James, each episode offers thought-provoking conversations on productivity, time management, and personal growth. It keeps the audience motivated and eager to implement his advice.

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Designing Our Work: 5 Factors That Drive Job Satisfaction

QAspire

Consider these aspects of doing the work that matters (to you and then to the world): a) So many people I know work in roles and organizations where they feel stuck, and they remain stuck because they lack courage, opportunities or skills to open a dialogue about how they want to work. Being a Self-Aware Leader: Tasha Eurich.

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Designing Our Work: 5 Factors That Drive Job Satisfaction

QAspire

Consider these aspects of doing the work that matters (to you and then to the world): a) So many people I know work in roles and organizations where they feel stuck, and they remain stuck because they lack courage, opportunities or skills to open a dialogue about how they want to work.

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Culture Change Not Working? Start Here

Let's Grow Leaders

” So if you can feel their pain and you did do a fantastic job of thinking about your culture and engaging the whole team or the whole organization and defining the values, maybe now everyone can recite the values and define them, but there hasn’t been a true culture change. If I do this, I get dinged over here.

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What To Do When Its Your Turn (and it's always your turn)

CEO Blog

That is a title of one of Seth Godin's books. Like most of his books - What to do when it's your turn is about branding and marketing. There is no continuity so you lose nothing by doing this. It ties into my recent blog entry about " What will you do for Canada ". I also met him a couple of times at YPO events.

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