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  What do followers want?

  Effective leaders are sensitive to context – including the requirements of their followers – and are able flex their style accordingly. In the course of our work, we have asked many followers that what they want from leaders, and conclude that their responses can be described under four elements: Authenticity、Significance、Excitement、Community

  [ 2013/10/4 ]
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  Drive

  When carrots and sticks encounter our third drive, strange things begin to happen. Traditional “if-then” rewards can give us less of what we want: They can extinguish intrinsic motivation, diminish performance, crush creativity, and crowd out good behavior. They can also give us more of what we don’t want: They can encourage unethical behavior, create addictions, and foster short-term thinking. These are the bugs in our current operating system.

  [ 2013/8/1 ]
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  5 Business Lessons of Sporting Success

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  It has been a glorious month for British sport, fresh off the back of last year’s incredible Olympic success. As well as sitting back and enjoying the fantastic spectacle of Andy Murray’s Wimbledon win, the Tour de France, the Lions series triumph and England’s battle for the Ashes with Australia, it is worth considering the business implications of sporting success.

  [ 2013/7/19 ]
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  Motivating People: Richard Nicolosi at P&G

  Great leaders motivate people by various ways. For about 20 years after its founding in 1956, Procter &Gamble’s paper products division had experienced little competition for its high-quality, reasonably priced, and well-marketed consumer goods. By the late 1970s, however, the market position of the division had changed. New competitive thrusts hurt P&G badly. That year, Richard Nicolosi came to paper products as the associate general manager...

  [ 2013/5/23 ]