MOTIVATING OTHERS: WAYS 21 - 30

100 WAYS TO MOTOVATE OTHERS

(RESIVED EDITION)

STEVE CHANDLER & SCOTT RICHARDSON

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100 WAYS	NOTES
21	CREATE A GAME Although some people think that life is a bottle, it is actually a game of giving and receiving - Florence Scovel Shinn, Philosopher/Author - The key to making work fun is to turn what most people would consider drudgery into a game.  Leaders create; manager react, The motivation of recreation includes: ·         Feedback ·         Scorekeeping ·         Goal-setting ·         Consistent coaching ·         Personal choice
22	KNOW YOUR PURPOSE There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. - Peter F. Drucker - It is hard to motivate others if you don’t have time to talk to them.  People who find joy in leadership find ways to relax into an extremely purposeful day, goal-oriented and focused on the highest priority activity.
23	SEE WHAT’S POSSIBLE Outstanding leaders go out of the way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish. - Sam Walton - Learn from the great leader you have had.  One of the most vital aspects of motivating others is the ability to see what’s possible instead of just seeing what’s happening now.  Learn: ·         Not to give up on people too quickly ·         To look deeply and listen deeply People perform in response to who they think they are for us at the moment.
24	ENJOY THE A.R.T OF CONFRONTATION To command is the serve, nothing more and nothing less. - Andre Malraux, French philosopher - There’s an enjoyable way to hold people accountable; by using A.R.T: A          First appreciate and acknowledge the employee B          Next restate your own commitment T          Last, track the agreement. Agreements are co-creations.  People will break other people’s rules.  But people will keep their own agreement.
25	FEED YOUR HEALTHY EGO Learning to be a leader is the same process as learning to be an integrated and healthy person - Warren Bennis - High self-esteem is the core spirit inside of us.  Build inner strength by doing what needs to be done.  The less you focus on how you’re coming across, the better you’ll come across.
26	HIRE THE MOTIVATED The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep form meddling with them while they do it - Theodore Roosevelt - Know that every interviewee is attempting to role-play.  One way to find the true person across from you is called layering.  Layering is following up a question with an open-ended layered addition to the question.  Layering uncovers the real person after a while.
27	STOP TAKLING One measure of leadership is the calibre of your people who choose to follow you - Dennnis A. Peer, Management Consultant - Great leader are great recruiters.  A leader is only as good as their people.  So hire the best. Great bosses spend little time trying to mould employees into greatness.  They devote extraordinary effort to spotting and courting exceptionally capable employees.
28	REFUSE TO BUY THEIR LIMITATION Leader don’t create followers, they create more leaders - Tom Peters, Author/Business Consultant - One of the skills as a leader is the ability to show your people that they can accomplish more than they think. Always see people’s potential.  Always see the best side of them and tell them about it. A leader is one who serves those following, serving them every step of the way, especially by bringing out the best in them, and refusing to buy their limitation as achievers.
29	PLAY BOTH GOOD COP AND BAD COP If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are la leader - John Quincy Adams - A true motivation play both roles Good cop: ·         Nurturing, mentoring, coaching, serving and supporting your people all the way. ·         Keep your word every time ·         Remove obstacles to success ·         Praising and acknowledging all the way ·         Leading though positive reinforcement of desired behaviour Bad Cop: ·         No compromise about people keeping their promise to you ·         No room for complaints and excuses ·         No respect for whiners and people who do not make their number ·         No wiggle room’ for the lazy You don’t call on Bad Cop every day.  Only after the good cop approach is exhausted.
30	DON’T GO CRAZY The older I get, the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first thing first. A process which often reduce the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion - Dwight D. Eisenhower - There are so many thing that can be delegated and passed on to others but only if your regain your sanity and slow down. Give people more interesting thing to do especially thing that free up your time.  That’s the time you can use to build a motivated team.