How are you going to introduce the Interaction Method into your organization? You can’t go charging into a meeting tomorrow and say, “Hold it, everybody, we’re going to change the way we run our meetings!” People and organizations don’t like sudden changes. Don’t set yourself up for certain failure by rushing off and trying to change your meetings without a plan. ..more
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Failure by Rushing off and Change your Meetings without a Plan
Posted by: arlene on Monday, 28th Jul, 2008
Business Venture Motivation: Your Greatest Asset - or your Biggest Liability?
Posted by: arlene on Tuesday, 15th Jul, 2008
Motivation is perhaps the single biggest factor in making the difference between success and failure in any business venture. Surveys have shown that poorly motivated employees, however hard they are worked, consistently produce poorer work than those who may work less hours but have better motivation.
But what gives us our motivation differs with our personalities. For some people, motivation is largely external. They work hard because they have external rewards to motivate them — a pay cheque, the approval of colleagues, or a boss breathing down their neck. However, when you work at home, you are largely out of sight — and possibly out of mind — of your boss. (This is the major reason cited by managers for their opposition to teleworking. In a recent Department of Trade and Industry study, many managers said that they did not approve of teleworking, because without a boss to manage employees their work would invariably decline.) Even more challenging, you may actually be your own boss. If you have been the sort of person who regards the boss’s holiday as a good reason to down tools yourself, you may well have problems working from home. ..more