I read a post by a communication specialist Shari Alexander. Though the title is less serious as it says, 'how to motivate employees in less than 5 minutes', she has couple of good points.
Number one is same as mentioned by Daniel Pink - Purpose. It is equally important to keep communicating the purpose (big picture) as it is to keep reminding oneself of it.
Her another point, 'pay attention to what excites them' is more of a communication (listening) skill but one can use the pointers to excite and motivate people, especially in the short-run.
I liked her suggestion of, 'use positive reinforcement' as I have realized that it is really easy to forget this. Though intellectually most of the leaders and managers are aware of the benefits of positive feedback to reinforce a particular behavior, practice of the same is not as common.
Number one is same as mentioned by Daniel Pink - Purpose. It is equally important to keep communicating the purpose (big picture) as it is to keep reminding oneself of it.
Her another point, 'pay attention to what excites them' is more of a communication (listening) skill but one can use the pointers to excite and motivate people, especially in the short-run.
I liked her suggestion of, 'use positive reinforcement' as I have realized that it is really easy to forget this. Though intellectually most of the leaders and managers are aware of the benefits of positive feedback to reinforce a particular behavior, practice of the same is not as common.
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