EPISODE · Jul 24, 2021 · 33 MIN
Motivating kids and employees to do good work
from Elder My City, with Tim Schmoyer · host Schmoyer Media
The normal approach is to motivating employees is to pay them more money. With kids, we typically motivate them with bigger rewards or worse consequences. There’s some merit to both approaches, but I’ve been thinking about what Daniel Pink refers to in his research about what drives people. It’s prompted a few thoughts for both motivating our employees as well as our kids. The research seems counterintuitive at first, but I think it makes sense to enabling our business teams and children to enjoy their work more and do it better than ever before.Drive, by Daniel Pink: https://amzn.to/3eUEQ3M (affiliate)Questions? Comments? Thoughts to share? Leave a voice message here: https://anchor.fm/businessfamilymarriage/messageSUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/business-family-marriage-with-tim-schmoyer/id1573344035- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1y7YfpsVlVw6jEmRD6Olgo- Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81ZmM1NWU3Yy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw- Anchor.fm: https://anchor.fm/businessfamilymarriage This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit read.timschmoyer.com Get the free guide, "The Elder's Decision-Making Framework: A Step-by-Step Guide for Godly Leadership," by subscribing to my Substack posts. Totally free. I have nothing to sell you.Questions? Thoughts? Comments? Leave me a voicemail message to use in a future podcast episode.Let's Connect:InstagramFacebookLinkedInX.com
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The normal approach is to motivating employees is to pay them more money. With kids, we typically motivate them with bigger rewards or worse consequences. There’s some merit to both approaches, but I’ve been thinking about what Daniel Pink refers to in his research about what drives people. It’s prompted a few thoughts for both motivating our employees as well as our kids. The research seems counterintuitive at first, but I think it makes sense to enabling our business teams and children to enjoy their work more and do it better than ever before.Drive, by Daniel Pink: https://amzn.to/3eUEQ3M (affiliate)Questions? Comments? Thoughts to share? Leave a voice message here: https://anchor.fm/businessfamilymarriage/messageSUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/business-family-marriage-with-tim-schmoyer/id1573344035- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1y7YfpsVlVw6jEmRD6Olgo- Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81ZmM1NWU3Yy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw- Anchor.fm: https://anchor.fm/businessfamilymarriage This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit read.timschmoyer.com
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