Daniel Pink

Job Satisfaction Drives Progress

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Leadership is a people business. Results are achieved by influencing and inspiring your people to ask why, take responsibility, and make a difference for customers, teammates, and the business as a whole.  During this time of unrelenting change and adaptation, it becomes clearer that your people are your most sustainable competitive advantage. They are the face of your business, doing the meaningful work and delivering the experiences that build enduring relationships. Growth relies on these relationships.  One system …

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Autonomy Defeats Mediocrity

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When an employee reliably manages priorities and achieves goals, and consistently demonstrates an understanding about the Company’s purpose and values, leaders want to make it easier for that person to operate more autonomously. Autonomy is a proven motivator, and it liberates time for the leader. Autonomy defeats mediocrity and improves results. Our basic nature is to be self-directed. Autonomy enables us to exercise some control over our lives; it’s empowering because the employee is making …

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3 Tips to Elevate Team Performance

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Teams can become stale over time, losing their drive to elevate performance and improve results. Some team members drift towards doing the tasks that they always do because they’ve proven that they can do them well. Others become bored doing the same tasks; they want more of a challenge. Best-selling business and motivation author, Daniel Pink, offers 3 tips to elevate team performance. These 3 points can rejuvenate the team, refresh their purpose and lead …

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Three Drivers For No-Excuses Performance

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“Love and work are the cornerstones of our humanness.” ~Sigmund Freud If work is such a significant part of our lives, why do so many of our employees see their jobs as a burden? Is it possible to build a business on passion and trust instead of fear and stress? Resolving the gap raised by these questions produces no-excuses job performance. A Gallup poll recently discovered the leading determinant of happiness. It isn’t wealth, or …

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