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Putting a face to a name

By Ricki Sharpe | Published: August 3, 2010

A recent article published on Knowledge@Wharton, titled “Putting a Face to a Name: The Art of Motivating Employees,” emphasises that workers have better results when they can identify with those they serve. Specifically, face-to-face interactions and task significance (“what I do makes a difference”) are key drivers for motivation and performance.

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Handbook of Workplace Assessment

By Ricki Sharpe | Published: July 31, 2010

With the trend over the past few years for organisations of all sizes to streamline their workforces and focus on selecting and retaining only the “best and the brightest” employees, effective assessment has become vital to ensuring organisations are able to hire and retain top talent. The Handbook of Workplace Assessment, edited by John Scott and Doug Reynolds, presents evidence-based assessment research and knowledge directed to any organisation using assessment to build their workforce.

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Emotions and soccer

By Ricki Sharpe | Published: July 4, 2010

Soccer players have made an art form of racing around like a chook with its head cut off after scoring a goal. Their self-congratulatory jigs may look ridiculous, but they serve a greater purpose. They are contagious, designed to infect their teammates.

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Promises, promises.

By Ricki Sharpe | Published: June 17, 2010

It’s not what you promise to employees, it’s what you actually deliver that counts. Years of research suggest that the promises organisations make to employees matter in establishing and maintaining a “psychological contract” between the two parties. However, new research suggests that what an organisation promises to employees (e.g., training opportunities, benefits, compensation) doesn’t matter nearly as much as what the organisation actually delivers.

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Just get over it, will you?

By Ricki Sharpe | Published: June 8, 2010

There are so many things you’d rather be doing than what you ought to be doing and what happens is that you delay doing what you ought. All the evidence shows that this procrastination is bad for you, for your productivity, your school grades, for your health. But still we keep putting things off

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