Why Work Loneliness Isn’t Just a Personal Problem, and What to Do About It
Work is a social thing. It’s done with people, and at the very least, for people. At the same time, you are one person with a job to do. When those personal and social gears are out of alignment, when...
View ArticleHow ShopLocket Maximizes its Progress By Celebrating Wins
When ShopLocket cofounder and CEO Katherine Hague once wanted to sell some ninja T-shirts, she found herself stuck, feeling that the cost and process of building a whole storefront to do so didn’t...
View ArticleBuild Brick by Brick
John Heywood was an English playwright who lived hundreds of years ago. Today, Heywood is known for his poems, proverbs, and plays. But more than any one work, it’s his phrases that have made him...
View ArticleHow to Get Your Team to Deliver
Team aimlessness is a tricky foe. It creeps in even when we have the best intentions, corroding motivation and meaningful progress, rearing its ugly head in stalled projects, avoided emails, the...
View Article95% of Managers Follow an Outdated Theory of Motivation
What, by a long shot, is the most important motivator for employees at work? Is it money, pressure, or praise? Typically managers believe the idea that pressure makes diamonds. The thinking is that if...
View ArticleHow to Trick Yourself into Making Real Progress
Progress motivates like no other method. Thanks to rigorous research by Harvard Business School professor Teresa Amabile and psychologist Steven Kramer, authors of the aptly titled The Progress...
View ArticleDon’t Let Your Huge Goal Distract You from Small Wins
Go big or go home. Shoot for the stars. Aim high. These types of platitudes could be holding you back, because they’re distracting you from all the small things. A kind word or a moment of honest...
View ArticleDon’t Manage Projects or Tasks, Manage People
Here’s an excerpt from our fresh-of-the-presses eBook, What You Don’t Know About Management: How to Take Back Your Work Day. If you like what you read, download the 50+ page eBook for free! One of the...
View ArticleUnlock Intrinsic Motivation to Inspire Your Salespeople
If your best tried-and-true motivational techniques don’t seem to be working on the otherwise talented members of your sales team, you might want to try appealing to their intrinsic motivations....
View ArticleChanging Your Mind Should Be a Process, Not a Reflex
Changing your mind doesn’t have to be impulsive or accidental; you can purposefully choose to put your beliefs to the test too. First, decide what your most fiercely held beliefs are. Then, throw your...
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