Jessica Tracy has done some amazing research on pride. She’s a professor of psychology at the university of Colombia, where she is leading the Emotion & Self lab. The insights that she has collected in her fascinating book “Pride, the secret of succes” make it a must-read. In this ‘Talks at Google‘ video, she reveals […]
Author Archives: Evert-Jan
What does engagement actually mean?
Personally I’ve never been fond of the idea and the terminology of ’employee engagement’. It was borrowed and introduced from the marketing domains where ‘customer engagement’ once used to top the lists. And though there might be some human truths in the idea of so-called employee engagement, it has also injected the HR domain with […]
What motivates us?
Daniel Pink makes room for emotions, that lead to the succes of a company it’s all about intrinsic motivation, a fancy name for what in workshops could be called ‘passion’. I’m not a fan of the latter, on the contrary. When passion became a post-it on the brainstorm wall, I’d always be the first trying […]
The path to pride
“Im finally feeling proud again to work for my company”. These are the words that have been haunting me for quite a few years. It were the words of the CEO of a famous international candy company, to whom we just had presented our work, an updated brand narrative. His comment has always stuck with […]
5 things HR can learn from Marketing
Best marketing practices are often shared, however without making the bridge to HR in more profound ways. Hence, I’m sharing some thoughts out of our own experience at mad about you. In simple terms, marketing primarily takes care of reaching people outside of the company, to sell its services & products day by day. In […]
3 Reasons to invest in your company culture & values right now.
When Harvard Business Review posted their ’10 questions to steer your company through the current crisis’, company culture was on the list. Company culture based on strong company values and inspiring leadership, is needed to keep employees engaged and motivated to guide your company through the challenges we’re facing. Culture brings employees together towards the solutions […]
The anti-CEO playbook
The story told is all about proud, respect that leads to proud, collaboration that is drive by proud; etc… What would be the proud version of the idea of a CEO Playbook? What modules, sessions and webinar contents could become usefull? Since may years companies around the world are challenged by new expectations. Expectations from […]