187. Motivation and Incentives at Work with Kurt Nelson

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today I am very excited to introduce you to Dr. Kurt Nelson, one of the cohosts of Behavioral Grooves as well as the president and founder of The Lantern Group. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In our conversation today we dig into motivation and incentivizing people at work and how to align that with your company strategy. We discuss how simple, seemingly “obvious” things can cause miscommunications so easily, like the word “grooves” in Behavioral Grooves. Tim and Kurt had many conversations about the name and agreed to it and were doing their first interview when they realized they had totally different ideas of that context - ha! Listen in to hear the full story. Kurt also shares his top podcasting tips and advice for anyone thinking about starting their own show. He shares so many great insights in our conversation, you definitely want to make sure to listen in. </span></p> <h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">Show Notes:</span></h3> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:41] Today I am very excited to introduce you to Dr. Kurt Nelson, one of the cohosts of Behavioral Grooves as well as the president and founder of The Lantern Group.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[02:17] Recently, Tim and Kurt did a session in the</span> <a href= "https://be-thoughtful-revolution.mn.co/share/ZPtvQYsTaB3hBvt1?utm_source=manual"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">BE Thoughtful Revolution - watch the replay</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[03:26] Kurt shares about himself and his background. He is a behavioral scientist and he has been working in the field for 20+ years. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[05:04] Discussion on the music piece of Behavioral Grooves (and an interesting miscommunication that can teach you about business). </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[07:43] There are over 260 episodes of the Behavioral Grooves podcast.   </span></li> <li><span style="fo