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Feeling in control of your work

Submitted by Philip Brewer on April 5, 2008 - 15:29.

Somewhere (I can't remember if it was in the book I mention or another), Alfie Kohn mentions being brought in as a consultant by a company that was working on their incentive plans and other policies.

The main thing they wanted, they said, was for employees to "feel empowered" and more in control of the work they did.

Alfie said, "Well, that's easy--put them in control of the work they do."

Of course, that didn't go over big with the corporate bosses who had brought him in.

I think companies would be way ahead of the game if they treated employees as professionals, giving them the tools they need to do good work, working with them to measure the success of different strategies, and then sharing the more successful strategies with the other employees.

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