Washington Executive Association

PresentationJuly 29, 2015

Peter FitzsimmonsJetrise Ventures

Quantum Computing Basics

Eloquences of Data Repositories

Adventures Down Under

It’s critical – Key to building successful company Your people are your most important asset so

need to invest in and grow them Driver of sustainable and profitable growth!

Retaining & Developing Employees

Self Motivation –

Autonomy - Workplaces can support autonomy by giving people real control over various aspects of their work — whether it’s deciding what to work on or when to do it…

Some Key Considerations

Mastery - the trick is not to give tasks fitting a person’s exact capabilities, but to give them space and support to reach a little higher to foster improvement, continual mastery, and growth. What this requires of employers is paying more attention to how employees are doing and feeling about their tasks in order to avoid keeping square Bob or triangle Mary from trying and losing heart at fitting into round tasks.

Motivation cont’d

Purpose - is what gets you out of bed in the morning and into work without groaning and grumbling…people who have purpose are motivated to pursue the most difficult problems.

Help employees connect to something larger than themselves. Get them out of mere measurement by numbers and figures, and connect work to people and values.

Motivation cont’d

Implement processes & measurement to effectively drive self motivation

Consider – Talent inventory Star Performer – Top 10 program Eliminate annual/periodic performance

evaluations Establish personalized growth plans It starts at the top!

What To Do Next?