Shawn Baden » Management

Listen Up People Managers: What Motivates Us

shawnbaden — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:38:42 +0000

Managers:

It turns out happy employees are productive employees. Here’s how to keep them happy. From the RSA: Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us:

Three factors lead to better performance and personal satisfaction:

AUTONOMY

MASTERY

PURPOSE

Spend the Time to Sell Your Programmers on Your Product

shawnbaden — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:52:08 +0000

From Aterium‘s post on selling your programmers (I’d say all relevant employees) on the product you are building:

I work to make an impact in the world around me and if I’m making no impact at all it’s just not really possible for me to get excited about it.

Solitude and Leadership

shawnbaden — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 02:28:23 +0000

From his lecture titled “Solitude and Leadership” by William Deresiewicz:

It seems to me that Facebook and Twitter and YouTube—and just so you don’t think this is a generational thing, TV and radio and magazines and even newspapers, too—are all ultimately just an elaborate excuse to run away from yourself.

And from Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad:

I don’t like work—no man does—but I like what is in the work,—the chance to find yourself. Your own reality—for yourself, not for others—what no other man can ever know.