# employee motivation
4 moments across 4 episodes. Click any moment to jump straight to that part of the episode.
46:33Workplace Surgery: My best employee doesn't want a promotionLeanne Elliott: I think, I think the answer could be both and neither. The assumption that you're making is that a great individual contributor, a technical employee, who is brilliant at their job is going to be great maEP 316 · 7 Jul 2026·workplace surgery· 46:33–50:275:53What recognition really means and its cousin rewardAl Elliott: What are the things you worried about when you were 20 that you maybe don't worry so much about when you're 50? Steve Kemish: If we rewind back from 20, where I think it's really important, and I've seen thisEP 275 · 12 Feb 2026·interview· 5:53–11:2938:23Workplace Surgery — motivating your team to upskillLeanne Elliott: I think my first question is, why, why do you want your team to upskill? And what value is that gonna add to their role within the organisation? Because, I mean, I absolutely applaud your, your efforts heEP 242 · 21 Oct 2025·workplace surgery· 38:23–42:0810:30Myth 2 — People only care about payAl Elliott: So when I was putting this episode together, I was just Googling, like, what do people not really believe about workplace culture? So these are less about lies, more about myths. But to stay on brand with TruEP 50 · 3 Aug 2023·other· 10:30–17:46
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