What is motivation and how are we motivated? As a basic definition, motivation is what drives us to accomplish goals. Motivation determines where we direct our behavior. There are many, many different ways we become motivated to act. Money is …
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Brett Snyder, who’s Founder and President of Cranky Concierge air travel, writes over at Intuit’s Small Business blog. Brett has some terrific thoughts for leaders who need to reduce the organization’s dependence on them: I’ve been on two trips in …
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Not enough communication is one of the biggest complaints of most people in just about any organization. We’re all so busy these days staying focused on getting the work done that it’s often tough to remember we work with real …
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Larry Page recently replaced Eric Schmidt as the CEO of Google, and he’s made some interesting changes. According to BusinessInsider.com, one of Larry’s passions is social networking, and so he’s decided to make sure his employees are better at it. …
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At the Harvard Business Review Leadership Blog, Linda Hill and Kent Lineback have some excellent suggestions for understanding your “default” settings as a manager, meaning the approach you are most likely to take in certain situations based on your nature. Eight …
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John Jantsch is one of the top strategic thinkers in business today. The author of the Duct Tape Marketing blog, John mostly focuses on marketing the small business, but I find myself applying his lessons to leadership in the …
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Not all projects are created equal. There will be some that will make your career, and others you’d rather just bury deep in the bowels of your organization’s data servers, never to be seen or heard from again. Recognize the …
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