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Edwin Locke: Goal-Setting Theory of Motivation
Edwin Locke was interested in the way goals and goal-setting motivate us in the workplace. People strive to achieve their goals. So, a worthwhile goal is intrinsically motivating. On the face of it, the role of goal-setting in motivation...
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Planning, Preparation, and Follow-up: Effective Working for Better Productivity
Jump straight to task, and move on when it is done. 'Don't waste time planning!' This may sound like a prescription for efficiency. But it's certainly not a route to effective working. And being productive at the price of doing the wrong...
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Basics of Motivation: Incentives - do they work?
One thing most people 'know' about motivation is the value of incentives. The problem is... Incentives don't always work. So, in this video, we'll look at when incentives do and do not work and understand why.
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Basics of Motivation: Building Morale in your Team
Morale is like Motivation applied across a whole team. And building team morale is an important part of your role as manager, supervisor, or team leader. So, what can you do to build morale in your team? That's what we will look at in...
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What are Charles Handy's Gods of Management?
In Charles Handy’s 1978 book, Gods of Management, he articulated four organizational cultures or models for how the organization works.
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William Ouchi: Theory Z Organizations and Motivation
One of our most popular videos is the one about Douglas McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y. As a result, people have asked me about Theory Z. Theory Z, which was developed by William Ouchi, to describe the adoption of Japanese ideas of...
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Porter & Lawler: Expectancy Theory on Steroids
Victor Vroom’s Expectancy Theory of motivation is extremely successful. But Lyman Porter and Edward Lawler found that predict or explain everything about the relationships among the effort we put in, the performance we achieve, and the...
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Edgar Schein: The Master of Organizational Culture
Edgar Schein is a social psychologist who has introduced many ideas around organizations and organizational culture. His thinking is at the heart of the subject.
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Wellbeing: What to do to Increase Your Productivity
You cannot work effectively and be highly productive if you are not well. So your wellbeing is vital to your personal productivity. In this video, we will look at the four essential components of your wellbeing and how they aid you in...
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Milestones and Deadlines for Self-Motivation and Greater Productivity
How do you motivate yourself to be productive and get things done? Milestones and deadlines are great motivators. And they work in slightly different ways. So, to understand self-motivation with milestones and deadlines, take a look at...
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What is an Organization? - the Nature of Organizations
This is the first video of our course on the nature of organizations, so we answer the question: 'What is an Organization?'
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What is Charles Handy's Federal Organization Model?
Charles Handy's Federal Organization model is highly centralized – but highly decentralizing. What on Earth can we make of this apparent contradiction?
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What is Charles Handy's Triple-I Company?
The Triple-I company is the primary home of 21st century knowledge workers. So, what is it?
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Charles Handy: Philosopher of Organizations
Charles Handy has been the source of a stream of ideas about organizations. We have four other videos about Handy's individual ideas. This one draws them together.
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The Fundamentals of Motivation - Motives, Drives, and being Blocked
In this video, let's start our solid content on workplace motivation with the fundamentals of motivation: - Drives - Motives - Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation - What happens when we find ourselves blocked
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Credibility: Gain Gravitas through Knowledge and Experience
One of the four parameters in the Trust Equation (see our earlier video: • What is the Trust Equation? - Gravita... ) is Credibility. If people don't see you as credible, they won't trust you. So, how can you acquire credibility. The...
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What is John Stacy Adams' Equity Theory? Process of Model of Motivation
John Stacy Adams built a simple yet exceptionally powerful motivation model around a simple fact: human beings are motivated by fairness. He called this model Equity Theory, and that's what I'll take you through in this video.
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Speaking with the Voice of Authority: How it Builds Gravitas
After body language, the next biggest impact on your gravitas and authority is how you speak: the words you use and how you say them. Your objective is to acquire the voice of authority: to have people want to hear what you say and pay...
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Power of Silence: Transform Your Gravitas
Silence is a gift. It allows the other person to be heard. But the real power of silence is in how other people perceive it... as confidence and insight. The person in a meeting who is most comfortable with silence will be able to...
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Use your Energy Cycles for More Effective Working and Greater Productivity
We all have times when our energy levels are high. And others when we are feeling dull and slow. These are your energy cycles. And knowing what your energy cycle is can help you to plan and use your time most effectively.
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Henry Mintzberg's 4 plus 2 Organizational Types
In his 1979 book, The Structuring of Organizations, Henry Mintzberg classified organizational structures into four organizational types, depending on the complexity of the organization’s operations, and the pace of change it needs to...
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What is NLP? Neuro Linguistic Programming
NLP is, frankly, problematic. Its popularity in management and business goes through phases and it has a lot of tools that are useful. So, what is NLP?
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Presence, Charisma, Gravitas: What's the Difference?
Presence, Charisma, Gravitas: What's the Difference? There are three forms of powerful personal impact and all of them carry high levels of confidence. These are: Presence, Charisma, and Gravitas. But what are they and what are the...
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Mental Presence - Being there, mentally
Presence is that state where people cannot help but notice you are there - in a good way. And one half of the key to this is Mental Presence. Being there, mentally.