Ask HN: are there any good reads on how to motivate others?
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http://scottberkun.com/2009/top-ten-reasons-managers-become-...
Especially #8
"8. Self aware, including weaknesses."
Especially #8
"8. Self aware, including weaknesses."
If you want to go more of the Psychology route:
Predictably Irrational (Dan Ariely, he has some TED talks as well) http://www.amazon.com/Predictably-Irrational-Revised-Expande...
Influence, the Science of Persuasion (Robert Cialdini) http://www.amazon.com/Influence-ebook/dp/B002BD2UUC
Predictably Irrational (Dan Ariely, he has some TED talks as well) http://www.amazon.com/Predictably-Irrational-Revised-Expande...
Influence, the Science of Persuasion (Robert Cialdini) http://www.amazon.com/Influence-ebook/dp/B002BD2UUC
I like two books by Dan and Chip Heath called (1) Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard (good summary here : http://www.veganoutreach.org/advocacy/switch .html ) and (2) Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die (good summary here: http://www.engineerguy.com/white-papers/made-to-stick.htm ).
Google has an interesting way of setting goals for their employees, which is part of group motivation:
http://startuplab.googleventures.com/public-workshops-2013-0...
http://startuplab.googleventures.com/public-workshops-2013-0...
which likely inspired...
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/29/magazine/dave-eggers-ficti...
I thought this was a great TED talk on the subject. How Great Leaders Insire Action.
http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspi...
Search Inside Yourself
And the videos : http://www.siyli.org/take-the-course/siy-curriculum/
And the videos : http://www.siyli.org/take-the-course/siy-curriculum/
Good luck there...
http://www.amazon.com/How-Win-Friends-Influence-People/dp/06...