Listen "AGL 078: The Motivation Myth with Jeff Haden"
Episode Synopsis
About Jeff
Jeff Haden is speaker, ghostwriter, Inc. Magazine contributing editor, and author of the bestselling The Motivation Myth: How High Achievers Really Set Themselves Up to WIn. Before changing careers he spent 20 years in manufacturing, starting as an entry-level shop-floor employee, climbing the ladder through a variety of customer service, human resources, production control, and multi-plant improvement team positions, to finally direct all manufacturing operations for a Fortune 500 company. Along the way he "made every leadership mistake it was possible to make."
But he learned a lot from those mistake. And he also wants you to know that Richard Branson once gave him half his sandwich. So there is that.
Today We Talked About:
The Motivation Myth: How High Achievers Really Set Themselves Up to Win
100,000 push-ups and 50,000 sit-ups in a year
One on Ones
On Boarding
Great Job... Rewards
Engagement
Why people matter
Serial Achievement
Think Process over Goals
Copy the framework (process)
Your job is to serve those that report to you
The time when Richard Branson gave Jeff half his sandwich
Treat an employee like a person
Motivation as an Excuse
You need a pro, not a coach
Contact Jeff
The Motivation Myth - Book
LinkedIn
Twitter
Inc.
Website
Business Insider
I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to iTunes and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word. Thanks again!
Jeff Haden is speaker, ghostwriter, Inc. Magazine contributing editor, and author of the bestselling The Motivation Myth: How High Achievers Really Set Themselves Up to WIn. Before changing careers he spent 20 years in manufacturing, starting as an entry-level shop-floor employee, climbing the ladder through a variety of customer service, human resources, production control, and multi-plant improvement team positions, to finally direct all manufacturing operations for a Fortune 500 company. Along the way he "made every leadership mistake it was possible to make."
But he learned a lot from those mistake. And he also wants you to know that Richard Branson once gave him half his sandwich. So there is that.
Today We Talked About:
The Motivation Myth: How High Achievers Really Set Themselves Up to Win
100,000 push-ups and 50,000 sit-ups in a year
One on Ones
On Boarding
Great Job... Rewards
Engagement
Why people matter
Serial Achievement
Think Process over Goals
Copy the framework (process)
Your job is to serve those that report to you
The time when Richard Branson gave Jeff half his sandwich
Treat an employee like a person
Motivation as an Excuse
You need a pro, not a coach
Contact Jeff
The Motivation Myth - Book
Inc.
Website
Business Insider
I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to iTunes and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word. Thanks again!
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