About Why Motivating People Doesn’t Work…and What Does, Second Edition: More Breakthroughs for Leading, Energizing, and Engaging
“Leaders who want to amp up employee morale should take a look.” — Publishers Weekly
What if the answer to motivating people is to stop trying to motivate them?
The second edition of this bestseller reveals how motivation science is essential for solving the most vexing leadership issues—from hybrid work and retention to employee engagement.
Leaders face a motivation dilemma. Traditional command-and-control management styles and carrot-and-stick motivation techniques have been proven ineffective.
Motivation researcher and leadership consultant Susan Fowler expands on her groundbreaking Spectrum of Motivation model in this updated post-pandemic edition. New chapters tackle motivation science’s role in managing remote and hybrid work; expose overused tactics, such as gamification and tokens; and tell the fascinating backstory behind the great resignation and quiet quitting.
Fowler’s approach to leadership is fresh, pragmatic, and inspiring. But it’s also empirically sound. Her framework builds on Self-Determination Theory, equipping leaders with skills to encourage choice, deepen connection, and build competence. Leaders who mastered this method have experienced breakthroughs with higher retention, lower turnover, greater acceptance of DEIJ initiatives, and a more vital, creative, and resilient workforce.
Through her experiences working with organizations and leaders around the world, Fowler reminds us that motivation is at the heart of everything people do and everything they don’t do but wish they did. When managers integrate motivation science into their everyday leadership practice, an evolutionary truth people can be highly productive and flourish simultaneously.
Detail
Complete Title: Why Motivating People Doesn’t Work…and What Does, Second Edition: More Breakthroughs for Leading, Energizing, and Engaging
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 240
Publication Time: May 16, 2023
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN: 1523004126
ISBN13: 9781523004126
About Susan Fowler
Susan Fowler
Susan Rigetti is an author, screenwriter, and the former technology op-ed editor at The New York Times. She has been named a “Person of the Year” by Time, the Financial Times, and the Webby Awards, and has appeared on Fortune’s “40 Under 40” list, Vanity Fair’s New Establishment list, Marie Claire’s New Guard list, the Bloomberg 50, the Upstart 50, the Recode 100, and more. She is the author of a book on computer programming that has been implemented by companies across Silicon Valley, and the critically acclaimed memoir Whistleblower.
Reviews Why Motivating People Doesn’t Work…and What Does, Second Edition: More Breakthroughs for Leading, Energizing, and Engaging
Susan Fowler says: “Stop trying to motivate people. They are already, but generally in superficial, short-term ways.”She and I agree, that you can’t motivate people – that is up to them.In thi…
Kevin Eikenberry
Omg, this book is so boring, that It make super demotivated. Seriously I’m in no mood to even right this.Talking about leadership. This book is not for leaders, it revolves around employees & mana…
Ismail Diabolic
Enough for change my way to live.This book is not only just for who want to lead people, but for who want to be more responsible and enjoy a mindfulness life. A Right question always leads to a right…
Cheolho Choi
Absolutnie rewelacyjna książka. Czyta się ją bardzo szybko, właściwie wydaje się krótka. Wydaje się również opisywać mechanizmy, które intuicyjnie rozumiemy… Ale do tego podaje wiele ci…
Kasia Tang
Before I make any inadvertently caustic remarks, let me rush to say that I loved this book and its premises resonated with what I already believe. I found its premise that all people are motivated at…
Francoise
This book destroyed some long-held, taken-for-granted beliefs and it was a pleasure in the process. It reads as a fairly academic book; though, nonetheless, is no less enjoyable for that.Susan draws o…
John Thurlbeck
This book has changed my perspective on motivation thoroughly. A short, easy read full of wisdom about what is *really* going on inside your employees’ heads, and yours. Read it and learn…
Joseph Iliff
Giving all these “motivational” work books one star out of spite…
tortured poet soap
It was only this week I finished watching the first season of Ted Lasso. I’m arriving late to the show, but am loving it as much as expected–from both all the praise it’s received and the little I kn…