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The Accountable Leader: Developing the Right Mindset and Practices That Ignite Peak Performance (Part 3)

The Empowered Buisness

In your employee’s outcome based job description, identify the skills to succeed, where the gaps are and a development plan to eliminate those gaps. For many leaders, developing a strong accountability organization can be harder than it seems. Such people believe they can control or influence the outcomes in their lives.

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Removing Dissatisfaction DOES NOT Increase Satisfaction With Work

Mike Cardus

The work of Frederick Herzberg and motivational theory points to some interesting things. Influences people to do more of what they are achieving. Recognition – Someone recognizing the achievement in some way, also influences people to do more of what they are doing. Dissatisfiers. Satisfiers. Company policy administration.

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Thank You for Not Giving Me Cash

Next Level Blog

Herzberg's two-factor theory has been arguing this for years. Posted by: davidburkus | July 19, 2010 at 04:45 PM Dave, thanks for the additional perspective on the Herzberg theory. Posted by: Scott Eblin | July 19, 2010 at 10:08 AM Mary Jane beat me to post but that's exactly where my mind went to.

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Why Do Employees Leave Their Jobs?

The Center For Leadership Studies

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. Inflexible Workplace Policies Frederick Herzberg conducted a pioneering study on human motivation in the late 1950’s that remains relevant today.

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0508 | Orly Lobel: Full Transcript

LDRLB

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?” It makes me wonder where your influences are coming.