Thursday 16 July 2015

Book: Motivating People, Sue Stockdale and Clive Steeper



 
This book focuses on a different area of motivation, each day of the week is a different chapter. If you start the book on a Sunday, you will finish it by the following Saturday.
 
The first and foremost lesson is than you need to motivate yourself before you can motivate anyone else. I like Eisenhower's definition of motivation:


For the first time ever, companies need to learn how to deal with four generations in one organisation.

This is something which is important to keep in mind when it comes to motivation as each has different drivers that are important to them. There is a very useful table on page 22 illustrating the characteristics of each generation.
 
The book explains the difference between appreciation and recognition (page 29) and motivation versus inspiration - The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary that they quote (page 33) explains it quite well.
There is also a day that focuses on 'How to deal with difficult people', Rewards & Recognition' and
Action Centred Leadership (page 46), which is illustrated as:
 

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