http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2008/10/07/motivate-or-eliminate-de-motivation/ Management Improvement focused on Deming, lean thinking, innovation, customer focus, six sigma, etc. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:35:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2008/10/07/motivate-or-eliminate-de-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-41877 Is Using the Words Resources or Assets When Talking About People the Problem? » Curious Cat Management Blog Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:15:29 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/?p=1113#comment-41877 I do agree most people that say “people are our most important asset” don’t back that up with action that shows the organization values people. I just don’t think the problem is the use of the word asset or resource... I do agree most people that say “people are our most important asset” don’t back that up with action that shows the organization values people. I just don’t think the problem is the use of the word asset or resource…

]]> http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2008/10/07/motivate-or-eliminate-de-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-34083 Nancy Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:17:11 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/?p=1113#comment-34083 Interesting post and I like the choice of words "Not to Demotivate". I never really thought of it that way but it makes sense! Here is an interesting way of looking at it too. You cannot motivate your employees. A horse can be taken to the water but it cannot be forced to drink; it will drink only when it feels thirsty. Your people are not horses, but the same case can be applied to them. To desire motivation is a decision your employees must make on their own. We compiled a nice glossary of motivation here that covers many various models and theories of motivation. You can find it <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.selfmademiracle.com/motivationmodel/glossary-of-motivation-what-is-inside">here</a> Interesting post and I like the choice of words “Not to Demotivate”. I never really thought of it that way but it makes sense! Here is an interesting way of looking at it too. You cannot motivate your employees. A horse can be taken to the water but it cannot be forced to drink; it will drink only when it feels thirsty. Your people are not horses, but the same case can be applied to them. To desire motivation is a decision your employees must make on their own. We compiled a nice glossary of motivation here that covers many various models and theories of motivation. You can find it here

]]> http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2008/10/07/motivate-or-eliminate-de-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-34077 Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog » When Performance-related Pay Backfires Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:09:17 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/?p=1113#comment-34077 [...] that have been studying Deming, Ackoff, Ohno… for years still have trouble with the idea that trying to find the right incentive scheme to motivate the right behavior is the wrong approach. Read the The Human Side Of Enterprise by Douglas Mcgregor (in 1960) to re-enforce the [...] [...] that have been studying Deming, Ackoff, Ohno… for years still have trouble with the idea that trying to find the right incentive scheme to motivate the right behavior is the wrong approach. Read the The Human Side Of Enterprise by Douglas Mcgregor (in 1960) to re-enforce the [...]

]]> http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2008/10/07/motivate-or-eliminate-de-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-32960 Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog » Righter Incentivization Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:06:31 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/?p=1113#comment-32960 Managers need to eliminate de-motivators of employees not try to find better carrot dangling schemes to somehow make the carrot dangling incentive produce the desired behavior... Managers need to eliminate de-motivators of employees not try to find better carrot dangling schemes to somehow make the carrot dangling incentive produce the desired behavior…

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