“…making progress in one’s work – even incremental progress – is more frequently associated with positive emotions and high motivation than any other workday event”. So says Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer in “What Really Motivates Workers” in the Jan/Feb 2010 Harvard Business Review based on their research with 600+ managers. So what? Amabile and [...]
Managing Onboarding Risks
May 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Risk is the possibility of suffering a harmful event. Recently, we’ve all seen that managing risk is not the same as ignoring it or avoiding it, and that even managed risk still includes the possibility of harm. Think in terms of identifying risks, having contingency plans ready in case the risk comes to fruition, and [...]
Onboarding Results – Process Tradeoff
April 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The world is full of people so focused on process that they forget about results. They think that if they do everything right, good things will happen. It’s also full of people so focused on result that they forget about process. They think the end justifies the means. Who’s right? Which is more important in [...]
Help jump-start Disaster Operations Teams
April 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
We are working with a major humanitarian aid organization on a pro-bono basis to think through how to put in place a program to jump-start their Disaster Operations Teams. (Every single one of you knows this group.) This requests your help in taking that thinking to the next level. Please send any and all comments [...]