Daniel Pink's second book is called "Drive" - The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us". A great read and some good exercises in the back that coaches could use as a tool to change business culture. In one section, he talks about motivating people which is so very important for many reasons. Having completed a team coaching module through ORSC (Organizational Relationship Systems Coaching), I have learned how to work with teams to create a new focus, new direction and a new way of communicating with everyone without judgment and making people wrong.
A new way of creating motivation is allowing and encouraging employees (set up a time and day each month) to work on their own great ideas or projects that are company related. This would be separate from the daily duties that everyone have to complete. Point for discussion about this idea - what is the value in doing this? Another idea is to set up a program for employees to award their peers (without permission) to hand out a small bonus or an award token to a fellow employee who has done an exceptional job. What's nice about this is it's not driven by management; it's given in real time and it carries a different meaning than if it came from management, which can be motivating. There are many creative ways people can come up and one place to start is asking for input from the employees themselves, brainstorming and be open to some of the ideas. Zappos (www.zappos.com) is a company that has set the bar on being really creative on changing business culture to be more fun, motivating and an inspiring place to work. Click on their web site and scroll down to the bottom of the page and check out the "About" section. The business culture is changing and quite frankly I feel it's a breath of fresh air.
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