When I was maybe 8 or 9 years old, I was playing in the basement of our house, and I found a duffle bag stuffed under a pile of other random stuff. The bag was full of plaques, trophies, and different ...

“I was stuck, and it sucked. I felt unheard and used. I was a cog in the wheel of the big engineering firm and didn’t feel I had an opportunity to grow. It was a defeating feeling, and I wanted more ...

Traditional employee motivation strategies, like financial incentives, often yield only short-term results, failing to build lasting commitment. Leaders must instead cultivate self-driven extrinsic ...

In my last post, I wrote about four common types of work motivation: Money motivation, ego motivation, meaning motivation, and intrinsic motivation. If you think about your own reasons for putting ...

At one point or another, we all encounter work days that seem to drag on. Stress from tight deadlines, challenging projects, or personal problems can contribute to general lack of motivation. These ...

The fresh slate of a new year typically supplies all the motivation you need to make changes in your work life. Then again, it's been a rough few years, and it's understandable that you might not feel ...