Month: July 2017

Motivation – a refresher..eight years on..

By Elisabeth Goodman, 28th July 2017 Motivation – a refresher Eight years ago, in July 2009, Dan Pink gave an impassioned TED talk on “The puzzle of motivation”.  It was a rallying call to business to stop using a scientifically proven outmoded method for incentivising high performance – the “carrot and stick”, “if…then”, “extrinsic reward” …

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Simple tips for giving an effective ‘pep’ talk

By Elisabeth Goodman, 12th July 2017 I wrote in a recent RiverRhee newsletter about Inspirational Leadership, and posted a LinkedIn article about Achieving Resonance in our Communications, so it was fascinating to read an HBR article that somehow combines the two! David McGinn is the author of “Psyched Up: How the science of mental preparation …

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Neurodiversity – an organisational advantage to be valued and supported

By Elisabeth Goodman, 4th July 2017 What is neurodiversity, and why value it? I’ve been reading and thinking about neurodiversity for a while, as it is something that we value and support in young people at the Red Balloon Learner Centre in Cambridge, for which I am a Trustee. It is something that is sometimes …

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