Punished by Rewards by Alfie Kohn is a classic for leaders. Kohn discusses how extrinsic motivation for work creates unwanted behaviors and he offers practical ways to create intrinsic motivation. Here’s David with more. This book, Punished by Rewards (by Alfie Kohn), is a classic for leaders, HR leaders and anyone helping build organizations where...

Intent-Based Leaders show new employees support. Here, David suggests questions to ask on the first day. I got a question the other day from a keynote presentation that I’d never seen before and loved it. It was “What would be the first question you would ask a new employee?”  So – first of all –...

Intent-Based Leaders follow the principle “Don’t be good, get better.” Moving from where we are today to where we want to be involves mental contrasting. Here’s Jenni with more information. “Don’t be good, get better” is one of my favorite Intent-Based Leadership principles. We can get better at things we don’t think we’re very good...

Leaders encourage probabilistic conversation which allows people to share thoughts and communicate in a way that encourages thinking. Here’s David with further explanation. Hey, here’s one representation of what Hurricane Ian might do to Florida, where I live, which is going to hit tomorrow (September 28, 2022). And it shows this single line. And we...

Saying what you intend to do incorporates the best of the communications that happen with permission-based environments and the best of ownership and a bias for action that happens with a “just do it” environment. Here’s David with more. When it comes to communication structures, most organizations are not playing with a full deck.   I...

Praise is part of the manipulative strategy of bosses. Leaders dealing with adults observe not evaluate, and prize not praise. Here, David explains the difference and why it matters. Hey, we put out a post recently where we talked about praise being a manipulation, a manipulative tool that bosses use to control people and to...

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