Incentives are a source of extrinsic motivation - meaning the source of the motivation is coming from outside an …
Archives for September 2010
99 Ways to Influence Change, #98: Communicate
No change initiative can occur successfully without proper internal communication. Messages are conveyed to audiences …
Interview: Create and Sustain Innovation in the Workplace
Today on The Change Agent's Dilemma, I interviewed Blair Miller of Blair Miller & Associates. For 18 years, …
99 Ways to Influence Change, #97: Harness peer pressure
The urge to conform to a group norm is powerful. When implementing change, this force can work against you, since no …
99 Ways to Influence Change, #96: Show respect
I have never known anyone who can implement sustainable change without showing respect to the people going through the …
99 Ways to Influence Change, #95: Design choices
According to Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, authors of Nudge:Â Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and …
99 Ways to Influence Change, #94: Incorporate into identity
When the change is truly accomplished, a necessary caveat is that the person who has gone through the change has in …
99 Ways to Influence Change, #93: Entertain
If you are an organizational change agent, think of yourself as the host of the change. Like the host of an event, …
99 Ways to Influence Change, #92: Set clear goals
A change initiative must have clear goals in order to succeed - otherwise, how would you know? Goals serve several …