| What are employees missing? What might inspire | | | | what you mean. Without honesty there is no |
| individuals to find new energy, excitement and joy | | | | trust. |
| to motivate them? Companies try all kinds of | | | | 2. Elegance...graceful, simple and understated |
| gimmicks to motivate people. And motivation is a | | | | approach. The absence of pushy, shouting |
| personal choice. Based on well known surveys, | | | | 3. Courage...chooses to stand up. Benjamin Franklin |
| employee motivation is at epidemic lows. | | | | and Patrick Henry. Courage is the antidote for |
| What draws people to the company goals? What | | | | fear. Without courage, you settle for slavery to |
| attracts people to want to go the extra mile? | | | | others. |
| Unlock secrets to inspiration and you have a | | | | 4. Respect...the lack of dismissive or brashness. |
| better shot at employees choosing motivation. | | | | Respectful means an honest curiosity of the |
| Let's face it, isn't it natural for people to seek | | | | other for their ideas, their contributions and their |
| happiness and joy...to feel like they make a | | | | opinions. |
| difference. Do we really believe organizations are | | | | 5. Hope...the opposite of hope is despair, withering |
| only transactional exchange between other | | | | and death. Hope is a belief that a better |
| humans to exchange $$? | | | | tomorrow is possible if you commit to a greater |
| Stick with the belief that employees are only a | | | | sense of purpose. |
| transaction and you'll lose your best employees. | | | | 6. Humility...the opposite is hubris and arrogance, |
| "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form | | | | building empires. Humility owns your mistakes and |
| of government. It can only exist until the voters | | | | our search for truth is our inspiration. |
| discover they can vote themselves largess from | | | | 7. Hard Work...entitlement is the virus which kills |
| the public treasury. From that moment on, the | | | | democracies. When society vote them largess |
| majority always votes candidates promising them | | | | from the treasury...fiscal Armageddon is the |
| the most benefits from the public treasury with | | | | future. |
| the result that a democracy always collapses | | | | 8. Personal Accountability...the opposite is to blame, |
| over lousy fiscal responsibility, always followed by | | | | whine and act like a victim. If the country is losing |
| a dictatorship." Alexander Tyler, 1770 book, Cycle | | | | democracy, and near bankruptcy, what role has |
| of Democracy. | | | | each of us played. |
| Hers the secret...a place where values are clear | | | | 9. Sincerity...is who you are, be genuine. The |
| and lived. There is a sense of purpose, clarity, | | | | opposite are demagogues and hypocrites. |
| consistency so that employees find "certainty" in | | | | 10. Friendship...how many real friends do we have? |
| a risky and uncertain world. Following are our top | | | | Friendship is the ecological missing element in |
| 10 favorite values. | | | | organizations, business and government. It's the |
| 1. Honesty...your word is your bond and is your | | | | missing element to evolve organizations. We're |
| code of honor. You mean what you say and say | | | | humans...not machines. |