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Boost Intrinsic Motivation to Increase Employee Engagement
Image Courtesy of Grant Cochrane / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Senior managers and executives looking to boost intrinsic motivation can do so by adopting some simple practices: Give Control: Brain scans illustrate that “the pleasure neurotransmitter, dopamine, is released in the brain, not when we’re rewarded, but when we’re fully engaged in the work that leads to the reward” (National Post, March 18, 2011). Simply put, you can increase your employee’s job... -
Diversity Training: Is it the Best Solution?
Managing and promoting diversity is a challenge in today’s workplace. The problem is that diversity training doesn‘t work. In Employee Diversity Training Doesn‘t Work published by Time Magazine, 3 sociologists from Harvard, UC Berkley and the University of Minnesota found that there had been no change in the amount of minority or female higher ups since diversity training programs were put into place. Psychologists’ explanation is that studies show...
