Using Motivation 3.0 to Motivate Millennials [Mastery]
Earlier this week, I wrote a post, here, discussing the first part of Motivation 3.0. In that post, I covered what Motivation 3.0 is, (creating a workplace environment to foster intrinsic motivation), the three pillars of Motivation 3.0, and a deep dive into autonomy. Covering those parts, I would like to discuss the second pillar- […]
4 Pillars of Workplace Autonomy – Millennial Management
Bean bags, sleep pods and bicycles are some of the things that come into when mentioning autonomy in the workplace. An utopian ideal that assumes to foster positive employee emotions at the expense of productivity. However, Daniel H. Pink points out in his book Drive, there is substantial evidence for autonomous workplaces that achieve impactful […]
Using Motivation 3.0 to Motivate Millennials [Autonomy]
Earlier this week I wrote an article diving into what Daniel H. Pink in his book Drive describes as Motivation 2.0. In a nutshell, Motivation 2.0 is the ‘carrot and stick model’, give someone an incentive and that should make them want to do a task. Problems arise on deeper analysis where certain incentives are […]
6 Challenges in Motivating Millennials with the Carrot and Stick Model
Entitled, spoiled, naive are all words that associated with Millennial behavior. According to Gallup Research, 66% of employees in the workplace are either disengaged or actively disengaged. Many employers have tried to motivate employees including Millennials with the ‘carrot and stick model’. In the New York Times Bestseller, Drive by Daniel H. Pink, describes […]
How to Make Someone Feel Heard – Millennial Management Tip
We have all been there. During a conversation, you finish explaining a particular point and the next person begins talking. However, you know they didn’t absorb a single thing you said. Even though they nodded their head and acted interested, everything else signaled you were communicating with a brick wall. How would have that conversation […]
Ideal Ratio for Report to Managers – Military V. Corporate
In the process of reading Extreme Ownership- How U.S. Navy Seal Lead and Win, the authors share their accounts of military experience, lessons learned and its applicability to the workplace. I often find reading books out of traditional corporate books very helpful in understanding the underlying principles of leading and creating great teams. The authors, […]
Should Employees Know Each Other’s Salaries?
In 2011, a tech startup called SumAll decided to try something new. Instead letting everyone negotiating their salaries and hiding who gets paid what, the startup decided to pull the curtain back- letting everyone know each other’s salary. Within their database, there was a table that had everyone’s name and their corresponding salary. Anyone had […]
How to Motivate Millennials – It’s Not What You Think
Well, the evidence seems pretty clear, behavior scientists state that if you give consistent feedback, set ambitious goals, and provide proper incentives, Millennials and nearly everyone performs better. However, according to a recent review done by UC Berkeley Haas assistant professor Juliana Schroeder and Ayelet Fishbach of Chicago School of Business, by comparing 150 […]
How To Avoid Dying in Boring Meetings
Before you know it everyone is staring at their phones. The person presenting pretends not to notice that no one is paying attention. Give it another five minutes and the manager in the room pulls out their phone and starts looking for updates. Meetings can be some of the most boring events to ever […]
3 Types of Mentoring Relationships that Improve Retention
“Will you be my mentor?” Mentoring is one the top things to accelerates an employee’s career development. And yet, they are scarcely used, extremely difficult to set up and even harder to find a good fit. Whether you are a Millennial, Gen Xer, Baby Boomer or a Generation neutral person, mentoring has always been something […]