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Why Some Folks Just Won’t Buy It… Aliens, Influence, Motivation and Incentives
(Just 'cuz I'm in a mood…) For 4 years I’ve been writing about motivation, incentives, rewards, recognition – and all modes and methods of influencing behavior. I’ve got a pretty good following of subscribers for my niche. Some of the major players in the industry follow this site and I’ve received kudos and recommendations based [...]
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I would Walk 500 Miles to See @sbrownehr – Driving Great HR in Cincinnati
(Email Subscribers click through to video here.) But I would walk 500 miles And I would walk 500 more Just to be the man who walked 1000 miles To fall down at your door That’s what I did this week. I drove the 500 miles from Greenville, SC to Cincinnati, OH to sit [...]
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The Oldest Motivational Disease – “Awardmyopia Itswhatwesellitis”
Look at me. Now look at your reward and recognition program. Now back to me. Now look back to your reward and recognition program. Now back to me. Sadly, your program isn’t what it could be. Do you want a program that really works? Here’s how you can get the program you want – [...]
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Updates and Changes – New Date for Blogtalkradio Episode and New HR Examiner Article
Believe it or not I have a personal life and sometimes it actually takes precedence over my work here on the interwebs and with clients. Today is one of those days. I’ll be on the road traveling and won’t be able to be in front of a microphone for the scheduled blogtalkradio show “Influence Insider” [...]
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Social Networking And Engagement
I was fortunate enough to be part of the Enterprise Engagement Alliance Networking event this past June. It was the first meeting by the EEA and it went great! I even had the opportunity to talk about how social media and social networks fit into an engagement strategy. Let's be real clear here – I [...]
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Managers Are Key to Your Business Success
Over at Fistful Of Talent (arguably one of the most popular HR blogs) I posit the idea that Managers should have their own true “manager” certification program and have Managers re-certify regularly. Unfortunately at most companies Managers don’t need to be certified nor is "management certification" something companies look for or expect. What I've seen instead [...]
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The First Thing You Need To Know – Where Are You? – zappos Knows – Part III of III
The 3rd (and final) in the 3-Part Post (Part I and Part II) on zappos and their reward and recognition practices. My conversation from the very generous Jamie Naughton, “Cruise Ship Captain” at zappos morphed from a single post to this three-part behemoth. Normally I pride myself on being able to condense [...]
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Recognition and Rewards – The zappos Way Part II of III
Continuing my thoughts on the conversation I had with Jamie Naughton – “Cruise Ship Captain” at zappos… See intro post here. Doing it Different – Almost Wrong? The net-net for me after listening to Jamie talk about the engagement initiatives at zappos is this… A strong culture, recognized regularly, decreases the need for specific performance-based [...]
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