When the ringmaster cracks the whip, but the staff has already quietly quit...
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Hands up if you've ever found yourself clock-watching at a "motivational" corporate event! This book is for everyone who's fed up with the circus.
In "The Motivation Circus is Burning," I use biting sarcasm to analyze how companies systematically burn out their employees – with pointless bonuses, forced "fun," and language that kills all meaning. Enough is enough!
I don't just expose why these "tricks" fail, but also show how to design a workplace where people act out of passion, not out of fear or for the next dangling carrot. It's time to leave the illusion behind and focus on what truly matters: the inexhaustible power of intrinsic motivation.
The circus is burning. Not a small campfire you could put out with a tired bucket of water. No, the whole arena is going up in flames. The cotton candy is exploding in pink smoke clouds, the clowns are running around in a panic with painted-on grins, and the ringmaster is desperately searching for his whip, which the fire has long since devoured. Ladies and gentlemen, this is no accident. This is the logical consequence of a system that's been throwing sand in our eyes for decades and then expecting us to applaud for it. And you know what? That's a good thing.