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The links between motivation & the social enterprise
November, 2011
Motivating the Social Enterprise
Sara Roberts, President/CEO of Roberts Golden, was recently interviewed by Business Agility's Tom Murphy. Hear what she has to say about the role motivation plays in driving collaboration in the workplace - and what behavioral economics and gaming have to do with it.
http://www.businessagility.com/video.asp?doc_id=235953§ion_id=1477
Sara Roberts quoted in Fast Company article on what motivates us
June 24, 2011
Why Do We Cooperate? Some Evolutionary Thoughts About What Motivates Us by David Lavenda
Excerpt:
This last point leads me to a meeting I had this week with Sara M. Roberts, president of Roberts Golden Consulting; an organizational consulting group, prior to her keynote address at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston. On the topic of diverse mechanism for motivating people, Sara identified the following four instruments:
- Competition--'Game-ifying' business initiatives.
- Personal achievement--publicizing personal attainment to peers
- Exploration--giving people the opportunity to learn or research new things
- Socialization--being part of a community
Roberts pointed out that each person is primarily motivated by one particular mechanism. For example, a competitive person would respond well to a project 'game' that would give them the opportunity to score points and outperform their peers. On the other hand, a social person would respond to joining a meaningful project community. Finding the right balance to motivate a diverse group is the trick. Of course, it's not quite that simple. Roberts point to 'organizational readiness' as another key success factor in effecting change and getting these methods to work. But that is a topic for another day ...
Read the full article >> http://www.fastcompany.com/1762883/why-do-we-cooperate-some-evolutionary-thoughts-about-what-motivates-us
Sara Roberts is expert panelist for IBM's vPanel on Social Businesses
June, 2011 | IBM Global Business Services
Sara Roberts, President/CEO, joined other expert panelists, John Jordan, professor at Penn State & Elizabeth Lupfer, Social Technologist at Verizon & Founder & Chief Blogger of The Social Workplace, to discuss "Can Businesses Become Social?"
Watch the 60 mn discussion below or find it here >>
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Sara Roberts blogs at Cisco.com on QWERTY organizations...
Read Sara Roberts "QWERTY organizations" blog on Cisco.com - how our organizations need to evolve for success.
December 10, 2010: Sara Roberts & Leah Reynolds to present to the Human Capital Institute's Executive Forum
Sara Roberts, President/CEO of Roberts Golden, & Leah Reynolds, a reknowned expert on generational workplace strategies, have been invited to present a teleconference to the Human Capital Institute's Executive Forum on December 10, 2010.
Their topic is on 'The Emerging Workplace and How to Reshape Your Company to Prepare for Young Talent'...
To find out more about their presentation, see HCI's website >> click here
Upcoming Events >>
>> Sara Roberts presenting Human Capital Institute webinar
August 3, 2011 & ongoing on-demand
Sara Roberts, President/CEO, will be presenting Organization Next: "Change is the New Normalcy"
>> Get more info & register at http://www.hci.org/lib/organization-next-change-new-normalcy
>> Webcast: Human Capital Institute Executive Conversation
Sept 30, 2011 @ 12pm EST
Sara Roberts, President/CEO, will be the expert host for an HCI Executive Conversation on 'The New Normalcy: Leading & Thriving Through Change'
>> Get more info & register at http://www.hci.org/lib/new-normalcyleading-and-thriving-through-change
>> Sara Roberts facilitating 'Organization Next' workshop at Enterprise 2.0
November 14-17, 2011
Santa Clara, CA | Santa Clara Convention Center
Sara Roberts presenting 'Organization Next' workshop at the leading social business event.
>> Get more info & sign up at http://www.e2conf.com/santaclara/conference/organization-next.php