Jessica Tracy introducing her book ‘Take Pride’
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…
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…
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'.…
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…
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…
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…
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…