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Cool "tech toy" as a reward - What?
Interesting to note that everyone's suggested something to give them, why not ask the staff themselves what they would like? We recently did this for our staff who performed extordinarily work outside of normal hours and the majoity chose money, 1 however due to child support chose to get...- Mattyj
- Post #22
- Forum: My own development as a professional
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Fish! Philosophy
We've recently 'rolled' out the FISH philosophy in our IT department. Divided up the department (randomily) into the 4 ideals and then had a task to compete for a half day off. The task was to demonstrate(present) how we would implement our ideals into the department while taking into account...- Mattyj
- Post #14
- Forum: My own development as a professional
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How do you stay motivated?
It's interesting reading all the comments thoughts and wisdoms entered by everyone, if you look at it in the whole context, you'll see that if you have a goal, are motivated and enjoy your work, you'll make it! The fact that at times it's hard, is a small point if your in IT for the long haul...- Mattyj
- Post #23
- Forum: My own development as a professional
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How NOT to motivate your staff
I've been reading all of the above posts and the all are very very good and most probably in practice, in most places of employment in some form or another. Some more demotivating ideas: Ensure that the techs are constantly doing the same job, without any change in the job, praise or...- Mattyj
- Post #5
- Forum: My own development as a professional
