The Secret to Motivating Your Team

Whenever your employees do something terrific – whether finishing a project ahead of time, figuring out how to streamline a process, calming a tense situation, etc. — you, as a manager, want to reward them.

The good news: as it happens, the secret to employee happiness may be rooted in one simple thing. Read about one of the most effective way to motivate your employees.

- from Forbes.com

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The Next Big HR Trend? Maybe It Should Be More Employee Recognition

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Greater IBMers, what’s your best secret for motivating your team members? Share it with your community in the Leave a Reply box – looking forward to your ideas.

Posted by Regan Kelly

Employers: How to Help Your Great Employees Be Even More Amazing

They’ve got high standards and they’re low maintenance. They’re happy to take responsibility for developing their careers and themselves. They resolve issues before they’ve BECOME issues.

In other words, they’re your very best employees, the ones who make your life a lot easier without needing to be told how to do it.

Here are 10 things the great ones seem to do effortlessly, and what YOU can do to help them become even better. (by Kevin Daum in Inc.com.)

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What would you add to this list? How do you recognize what your employees do for you? Let us know.

– Posted by Regan Kelly, Editor/Community Manager, The Greater IBM Connection

LinkedIn’s One-Click Endorsement Feature “Crazy Popular” – But Why?

Endorsements are LinkedIn’s lightweight version of the longer-form recommendation note. This easy vote of approval option was released in late September, offering members a fast, simple way to tell the world that a connection is skilled in any area. The endorsements members receive are then listed on member profiles, in the Skills and Expertise section.

The LinkedIn community so far loves these little hits of recognition; more than 200 million endorsements have been doled out by members since release.

So tell us: have you given any yet? Received any? What do you think of this new enhancement? Read the whole story here.