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Four reasons good employees lose their motivation
Richard E. Clark and Bror Saxberg, Harvard Business ReviewMotivation — the willingness to get the job done by starting rather than procrastinating, persisting in the face of distractions, and investing enough mental effort to succeed — accounts for 40 per cent of the success of team projects. Yet managers are often at a loss as to how to effectively motivate...
motivation
The Centre’s top five predictions for 2019
Wayne BurnsWith the New Year marched in, and with most of us hardly believing that it’s been 12 months since we didn’t become better people, it’s time for the Centre to make its annual predictions for the practice of corporate public affairs.
Looking back on our predictions for 2018 – led by a prediction that more...
socio political environment
How to keep working when you’re just not feeling it
Ayelet Fishbach, Harvard Business ReviewMotivating yourself is one of the main things that sets high achievers apart, and it’s hard. How do you keep pushing onward when your heart isn’t in it?
motivation
Who’s in the room? Access and influence in Australian politics
Danielle Woods and Kate Griffiths, Grattan InstituteAustralians are rightly concerned about the role of special interests in politics. Well-resourced interests – such as big business, unions and not-for-profits – use money, resources, and relationships to influence policy to serve their interests, at times at the expense of the public...
government relations
The Centre’s new professional award and recognition framework
Wayne Burns Following consultation and working with many of our Member organisations, the Centre for Corporate Public Affairs is launching a new professional award and accreditation framework, effective July 1, 2018, and will accredit successful completion of Centre programs from the beginning of the 2015 calendar year. The new...
socio political environment
Why people lose motivation - and what managers can do to help
Dan CableAs humans, we want to feel motivated and find meaning in our actions. It’s a part of our biology. In fact, a part of our brains called the seeking system creates the natural impulses to learn new skills and take on challenging but meaningful tasks. But what happens when employees lose motivation?
adaptive leadership
The Centre’s Top Five public affairs predictions for 2018
Wayne Burns As the gym named Resolution begins to morph into a bar named Regret now that New Year pledges are falling to the wayside, it is time again for the Centre to offer up its five predictions for the practice of corporate public affairs in Australia for the coming year. Our predictions for 2017 (see the end of this post)...
socio political environment
Best Wishes and Best Reads
Wayne BurnsAs the holiday season looms, all of us at the Centre for Corporate Public Affairs wish you a festive and fabulous time with your loved ones, and some down time from managing issues, reputations, stakeholders, team members, budgets, up, down, and across.
If you are in the mood for some serious holiday...
socio political environment
Basic reputation hygiene nose-dives at United Airlines
Wayne BurnsWhile the fall out continues from the online viral cyclone sparked by Dr David Dao being ‘voluntarily deplaned’ from a United Airlines flight in Chicago last week, a few observations are worth making about big corporations and their preparedness to weather reputation crises.
1. Never underestimate...
socio political environment
The Centre’s Top Five predictions for corporate public affairs in 2017
Wayne BurnsAs we have done in previous years (it’s déjà vu all over again), we have collated our Top Five predictions for corporate public affairs for the coming 12 months.
For 2016 (see list at the end of this message), our predictions for the practice of corporate public affairs in large organisations included...
socio political environment