THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Motivation

“Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.” - Dwight D. Eisenhower

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Can Motivational Speakers Cause Harm?

In a previous article I mentioned that most motivational speakers cost good money and achieve nothing more than very temporary increases in "motivation" and morale. That's a best case scenario. The poor ones don't achieve anything at all. There's another question though. Can motivational speakers cause harm to individuals and organizations?

The answer is a resounding YES. Let's put aside the cost/benefit issues for now. Let's look at the potential effects on employees and organizations. To do so we need to consider the issue of EXPECTATIONS.

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