From My Desk

  Photo source: www.mysolutionsmagazine.com " Management is nothing more than motivating other people." -Lee Iacocca Many scholars in the field of human resource management are generally agreed that motivation is a critical ingredient for eliciting positive work outcomes from employees. All things being equal, a well-motivated staff will be the more predisposed towards creativity, innovation, and productivity.                It is in your best interest as an employer or team leader to keep your staff or team members motivated. Shirking this responsibility comes with dire consequences. Go to an organization where employees are bitter, dissatisfied, frustrated and demoralized, and you will find a company that is performing far below its potential. Now, I share with you a couple of ideas that when deployed will motivate your employees and keep them motivated while they expend their energies towards the a...

“The unused capacities of the human mind to learn, to think, and to create are enormous! Few of us develop more than a fraction of our capacity for intellectual competence and creativity” -Dr. Howard Clinebell This was over a decade ago. While pursuing a Higher National Diploma in Marketing in one of the nation`s Polytechnics, I had a brief but instructive encounter with   a fellow student on this particular day; we had just completed our examinations and so were officially on holidays but I had chosen to remain in a rented apartment that was in close proximity to campus. This friend of mine who also happened to be my roommate was a full-time worker and so only came around during examinations.  He chanced upon me while I was reading a book.   Astonished, he passed a comment which has stayed with me till date. He remarked, “We just completed our papers and you are still reading. Aren`t you tired of reading?” To him, once we were done with our examinations for...