How do we reward and motivate? Is it time that we, as a military, adapt the way that we do so?

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 04:24:05 -0500

Dan Pink gives a very informative TED Talk on the subject. I would like to hear others ideas of how we adapt. Do we change the current model, or do we create a new model?

http://www.themilitaryleader.com/video-ted-dan-pink/?utm_content=buffere713c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Video: A New Look at Rewards and Motivation (TED – Dan Pink)

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Response by CSM Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 24 at 2015 7:14 AM

CSM Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 07:14:03 -0500

I couldn't view the video so I had to read the transcript but it is very interesting. Of course I don't think autonomy would work very well in the military, possibly in certain MOSs but not in the majority.

I believe the Army has tried very hard to instill in everyone that they belong to something greater than themselves. The Army Profession, The Army Values, etc. I just don't believe the force as a whole is mature enough to understand it in depth. The vast majority of the service is 18-25 year old males, it's not that they're immature, it's just that they aren't fully mature.

I concur that the rewards/awards system definitely needs an overhaul as does the punishment system. I am not smart enough to come up with a solution and the Army has been "rolling along" this way for so long I don't think anything will change

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 24 at 2015 7:49 AM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 07:49:37 -0500

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrkrvAUbU9Y

Hopefully this one works.

Dan Pink: The puzzle of motivation

http://www.ted.com Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don't: Tradi...