Anne Dranitsaris is a “corporate therapist, author and creator of the Striving Styles Personality System” whose website can be found at http:\/\/strivingstyles.com\/the-art-of-not-demotivating-your-employees\/
\nSo far, so standard. Except, Ms. Dranitsaris has an intriguing theorem. She believes that leaders cannot motivate people, more specifically their employees.
\nInstead, she advises leaders to refrain from demotivating employees. Imagine that, in one fell swoop she dismisses bonuses, Christmas parties, designated parking spots, Hawaiian shirt days* and… well, I am exaggerating (probably), but her notion is extraordinary and brave.<\/p>\n
Ms. Dranitsaris’ assertion is that motivation an emotional issue and not a rational decision. As such, it is impossible for a leader to make or create motivation. Moreover, motivating employees creates dependence.
\nInstead, she advises leaders to not demotivate employees by:<\/p>\n
How controversial is the notion that leaders cannot and should not try to directly motivate employees and that motivation should be self-directed within the right environment?<\/p>\n
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*Things That Need To Go Away: designated parking spots and Hawaiian (or any theme) short days – unless a sales team actually wants them.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Anne Dranitsaris is a “corporate therapist, author and creator of the Striving Styles Personality System” whose website can be found at http:\/\/strivingstyles.com\/the-art-of-not-demotivating-your-employees\/ So far, so standard. Except, Ms. Dranitsaris has an intriguing theorem. She believes that leaders cannot motivate people, more specifically their employees. Instead, she advises leaders to refrain from demotivating employees. Imagine that, […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t