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...That's the radical idea behind Why Pride Matters More Than Money, Jon Katzenbach's engaging new book about what motivates employees and what doesn't. A former senior partner and director at McKinsey & Co., Katzenbach runs his own consulting firm in New York City. For this book, he has drawn on hundreds of recent interviews and his 40 years of experience in consulting. What quickly becomes clear is that workers such as Jenkins (most names in the book are fictitious) aren't selfless grinds; they have simply found satisfaction in their work in some personal way. Jenkins thrives...
...book would have been richer with more about companies at which the motivation equation is more complex. Katzenbach mentions Enron's bonus-driven culture but does not acknowledge that employees did, for a time, enjoy the pride of working for a well-regarded firm. Might their pride have blinded them to Enron's rotten core? Katzenbach doesn...
From family traditions and public service to teamwork and camaraderie, Friday’s graduation marked a time when the new officers shed any presumed gruff demeanor to express pride in their profession and community...
...speech to the graduates, the MBTA’s Carter stressed that in any police department, officers are connected outside their own community—they are members of an extended family of police officers who are bound by pride, honor and duty to their communities...
Mederos told the graduates during his speech that the most important qualities they can possess are “pride in yourself, confidence in your abilities...and dedication to the great profession you have chosen...