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Extrinsic vs. intrinsic Rewards – What Makes a Difference to The Bottom Line?

Extrinsic factors like salary and benefits don’t necessarily lead to employee motivation or boost firm performance. What does? Intrinsic elements. That’s what Dan Ariely shared on a recent episode of the Prof G podcast with Scott Galloway. The Green Goldfish concept, which emphasizes the importance of going beyond monetary incentives, also reinforces this idea. The […]

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How can leaders foster engagement and reinforce culture post-Covid with a distributed workforce?

Green Goldfish / Stan Phelps

Great time today at our first Jeffersonian Lunch of 2023 with Sarah Lien Finnerty, Pam Didner, and Chris Quinn. We went to Mookies New York Deli in Cary. Thanks to owner Ron Didner for the hospitality. Hat tip to Marcey Rader, CSP® as we had Marcey’s Brussel Sprouts as an appetizer. Here was our topic:How can leaders foster engagement and reinforce culture

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Judgement Day for the Return to the Office

Flexibility vs. control – Should workers return to the office?

Green Goldfish / Stan Phelps

September 6th, 2022 was the day when many companies have dictated that workers need to return to the office. Many workers have been remote over the last two years due to the global pandemic. Many have gotten used to work-from-home. Namely less stress and greater flexibility. Now many are being mandated to go back to

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How can companies boost employee morale and drive high performance?

Green Goldfish / Stan Phelps

How can companies boost employee morale and drive high performance? The simple answer is doing the little extras beyond compensation to demonstrate commitment to your employees. Yesterday I shared lessons from Green Goldfish in Dallas at #TaxGrowthCon. We examined how companies go above and beyond to create signature extras. While collecting 1,001 examples of employee

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FoodShare Toronto thinks we should pay candidates to interview

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Should we pay job candidates to interview? FoodShare Toronto thinks so. The non-profit organization began paying job applicants $75 per interview. CEO Paul M. Taylor told CTV News Toronto, “I think employers have gotten off scot free for far too long by expecting candidates to bear the costs of an interview. We recognize that people

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The Great Resignation: The Top 10 reasons why employees are quitting at record levels

Gray Goldfish / Stan Phelps

Why “The Great Resignation?” The Top 10 reasons why employees are quitting at record levels. Nearly 3% of the workforce quit their jobs in October. That’s over 4 million resignation letters. And it is just shy of the record set the month before. Last month I speculated on the top 5 reasons on LinkedIn. That

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“We’re giving our employees a break with some paid time off.” -Patagonia

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Patagonia is closing both its offices and retail stores between December 25th and January 1st. See the sign below. They share, “We’re giving our employees a break with some paid time off.” Hat tip to the Founder of Girls Who Code Reshma Saujani for sharing it on LinkedIn with the caption, “This is why I

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Lessons From Space And How It Became the Final Frontier for Dr. James Goodnight

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It started as a young college graduate. James received a job working for NASA on the Apollo space program in the late 60s. Beat the Russians and put a man on the moon. It must have seemed like a dream job. Until it wasn’t… What he found was a toxic work environment. People didn’t communicate

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Forrest Gump didn’t create the smiley face. The science behind the smile

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Forrest Gump didn’t create the smiley face. Harvey Ross Ball gets credit for that moment of genius. An artist and ad guy, Ball was commissioned in 1963 to create a graphic to help raise morale for employees of an insurance company that had been through a few tough mergers and acquisitions. The goal? Get the

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The Workplace CLASH: Leaders want workers back in the office. Workers want to stay home and work remotely

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“Should I stay or should I go?” Are you ready for The Workplace CLASH? Leaders want workers back in the office. Workers want to stay home and work remotely. “Should I stay or should I go” isn’t just a classic punk anthem. It’s a challenge that’s shaping up to be a standoff in corporate America.

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Extrinsic vs. intrinsic Rewards – What Makes a Difference to The Bottom Line?

How can leaders foster engagement and reinforce culture post-Covid with a distributed workforce?

Flexibility vs. control – Should workers return to the office?

How can companies boost employee morale and drive high performance?

FoodShare Toronto thinks we should pay candidates to interview

The Great Resignation: The Top 10 reasons why employees are quitting at record levels

“We’re giving our employees a break with some paid time off.” -Patagonia

Lessons From Space And How It Became the Final Frontier for Dr. James Goodnight

Forrest Gump didn’t create the smiley face. The science behind the smile

The Workplace CLASH: Leaders want workers back in the office. Workers want to stay home and work remotely

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