Author: Daniel H. Pink
Any manager worth his salt would like to know how to motivate his team, and I was hooked as soon as I read the synopsis for this book. The sub-title is "The surprising truth about what motivates us" and I am sure many of you would like to know the answer. There are a couple of key points that this book makes, one of which is that the carrot and stick methodology of motivating people is out-dated. Daniel Pink goes to some length to establish some terminology here and he coins the term Motivation 2.0 for the carrot and stick philosophy that drove the Industrial Revolution and still persists in most companies today. Motivation 2.0 is summed up well in this quote "The way to improve performance, increase productivity and encourage excellence was to reward the good and punish the bad". The author then goes on to prove to the reader why Motivation 2.0 does not work today and is incompatible with the many new business models that are at play today.
He coins the term Motivation 3.0 for the principles that we must use to motivate ourselves and our teams in the world we live in today. He argues that in a developed society what humans crave more than anything else is ownership, accountability and the satisfaction of making a difference with what they do with their lives. There are many examples of companies and individuals who have adopted a flexible workplace schedule and given their employees the freedom of managing their own space and time. The book also contains some specific tips, hints, and reading materials for us to get further on the road to Motivation 3.0.
I recommend this book for anyone who is managing a group, coaching a team or raising kids. Does this cover most of the planet ?
Any manager worth his salt would like to know how to motivate his team, and I was hooked as soon as I read the synopsis for this book. The sub-title is "The surprising truth about what motivates us" and I am sure many of you would like to know the answer. There are a couple of key points that this book makes, one of which is that the carrot and stick methodology of motivating people is out-dated. Daniel Pink goes to some length to establish some terminology here and he coins the term Motivation 2.0 for the carrot and stick philosophy that drove the Industrial Revolution and still persists in most companies today. Motivation 2.0 is summed up well in this quote "The way to improve performance, increase productivity and encourage excellence was to reward the good and punish the bad". The author then goes on to prove to the reader why Motivation 2.0 does not work today and is incompatible with the many new business models that are at play today.He coins the term Motivation 3.0 for the principles that we must use to motivate ourselves and our teams in the world we live in today. He argues that in a developed society what humans crave more than anything else is ownership, accountability and the satisfaction of making a difference with what they do with their lives. There are many examples of companies and individuals who have adopted a flexible workplace schedule and given their employees the freedom of managing their own space and time. The book also contains some specific tips, hints, and reading materials for us to get further on the road to Motivation 3.0.
I recommend this book for anyone who is managing a group, coaching a team or raising kids. Does this cover most of the planet ?
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