The Beatings Will Continue Until Moral Improves

‘Mutiny on the Bounty’ is an excellent example of how poor communication strategy can lead to unnecessary staff turnover

I think I’m failing to make myself clear … — Pixabay

In this article

1. Communicating the wrong way
2. A motivating way to communicate
3. How to trigger intrinsic motivation in your colleagues

An interesting story about unexpected staff turnover

In 1787, Captain Bligh and his crew were dispatched from England on the HMS Bounty, to collect breadfruit from Tahiti and transport it back to the West Indies. It took five months to collect the samples and re-provision the ship. Men at sea for months, with little or no opportunity to attract exotic, lovely wives back in England, started seriously weighing their futures.

With so much time on the island, a number of of the sailors struck up relationships with the local women and rumors about sailors wanting to stay on the island…