Can motivational speakers cause harm to individuals and organizations?
One of the most common problems organizations have with respect to employees, is credibility. An organization where employees see the company and management as keeping their promises tends to be more successful. Simply put, there’s less cynicism, less complaining, and more loyalty to companies that don’t make promises they don’t keep. Companies and managers that promise new things and don’t deliver, get into big trouble. What happens is when a company promises that a “new” system will save 35% of time, employees want to believe it. On implementation, if it appears to employees that the “promise” was incorrect, how do they react? They blame management for making a bad decision (at least in their eyes), and are less likely to react with enthusiasm to the “next” promise. What does this have to do with motivational speakers? First, most motivational speakers are brought in by management. They are presented to employees as valued gurus, with something to say. Expectations are intentionally
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