Motivating Ideals: How to Engage and Ignite Your Company's Workforce

Taking another page out of Jim Collins’ book Good to Great, where he highlights a number of corporate myths, his research found (and I quote); “Companies that make the change from good to great have no name for their transformation – and absolutely no program. They neither rant nor rave about a crisis – and they don’t manufacture one where none exists. They don’t motivate people – their people are self-motivated. There’s no evidence of a connection between money and change mastery. And fear doesn’t drive change – but it does perpetuate mediocrity.” While Collins' book has been a veritable wellspring of knowledge and insight, the reference to the findings that companies and managers "don’t motivate people – their people are self-motivated," stands out like the proverbial lighthouse on a foggy night. This is one of the reasons why Rick Dacri's book "Uncomplicating Management: Focus on Your Stars & Your Company Will Soar" was so interesting to me. Especially as it relates to employee motivation within a business entity. The critical link between a company's fortunes and the level of enthusiasm employees demonstrate through uncompromising effort and unquestionable pride in a job well done, seems to be absent in today's mercenary employment climate. So how does Collins' reference companies, and Dacri's put all your money on the smart kids edict mesh with the increasingly cynical world within which today's businesses operate? In the next 60 minutes we will attempt to answer this question, as well as other pressing questions regarding the ever-changing dynamics of managing employees to stardom and corporate success. To assist me in this journey of discovery of course is author, speaker and consultant Rick Dacri.