Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

When you mono-task, you pour all your energy into one activity, dramatically increasing the quality of work and reducing the stress caused by context-switching. Reflect on Productivity Gains: To motivate this practice, log what you accomplish during mono-tasking sessions. This approach is about depth, not breadth. Or say, “Not Now”.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 30, 2023

Review your strategies for understanding what common causes your organization may have for draining energy and/or losing good people. Ask people in your organization what it would take to increase energy and cut your turnover rates in half, and develop a plan based on their recommendations. Keep units small and decentralized.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Credentialed researchers have been investigating the topic of motivation in the workplace for quite a while (massive understatement!). Motivation/Hygiene Theory (Herzberg, 1966). The elements of work that resulted in job-related satisfaction ( motivators ). The Hierarchy of Needs (Maslow, 1954).

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Motivation Herzberg Maslow Learning-by-Doing 52

Lead from Within

MARCH 5, 2024

Commit to lifelong learning by regularly reading books, taking courses, attending seminars, and staying updated on industry trends. Setting clear objectives helps you stay focused and motivated. Practice Self-Care: Leaders often neglect self-care, but it’s essential for maintaining well-being and energy.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 23, 2023

In A Tale of Two Managers: Command versus Commitment , I contrasted two leaders, Denise and Joel. They’re creating an energy crisis. Don’t allow yourself and your management team to be hijacked by the tiny minority of people who will never be committed, passionate, or trustworthy.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 28, 2023

As a leader, it’s your job to keep your team motivated, engaged, and energized. It can also drain the team’s energy if they’re not well-planned and efficiently run. Encourage and engage: Create an environment where team members feel supported and motivated by regularly recognizing and rewarding their contributions.

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 10, 2024

The CEO sets the tone , championing the mission with unwavering commitment. Leadership Commitment: Setting the Example Remember, tools and strategies are powerful, but leadership commitment is the true north star. Remember, a culture of appreciation goes a long way in keeping employees engaged and motivated.

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Team Workshop How To Mission Statement 192

Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Leaders are open, curious, and motivated to get a full understanding of the current situation. When you identify what’s possible, it creates hope, energy, and excitement. You don’t have the time, people, money, and energy to pursue every opportunity that’s identified. Diagnose the Situation. What’s going on? No, of course not!

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Process Leadership Tips Open-book 279

Leading Blog

MARCH 10, 2023

Researchers at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania found that the mere contemplation of a Plan B diminished the team’s performance and motivation. You can’t waste your mental energy looking for a way out or an alternative plan. All of your energy needs to be directed toward your goal or you’ll never reach it.”

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

They become so focused on their day-to-day responsibilities and the needs of their team that they fail to invest time and energy into growing their own leadership skills. A leader who neglects their development will struggle to inspire, motivate and guide their team effectively.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Executive Coaching 174

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Commit to a Solid Routine. If you’re going to work a long, graveyard shift, you’ll want to spend it with people who can make you happy and motivate you to succeed. Fueling your body with the right food can keep you energized and motivated throughout a long graveyard shift. Work Out Regularly.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Do you and your team hold one another accountable for commitments? This type of meaningless work saps morale and wastes precious time and energy. In your own leadership, commit to a weekly habit of strategy and tactics. Are you consistently communicating critical messages and concepts five times, five different ways?

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Tactics Strategy Leadership Morale 544

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The next step is getting them to commit to change and taking action. How committed are you to changing on a scale of 1-10? What would it take to increase your commitment by 1 point? Generally, a loss is more of a motivator than a gain. Determine what will motivate them. How would you know these steps are working?

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2023

A powerful vision creates the will to make change happen and harnesses the energy that will be needed. It motivates individuals and organizations to commit to achieving the overall goal — no matter the number of roadblocks that get in the way. Who knows, maybe one of your visions could be the next Amazon.com.

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 10, 2024

The CEO sets the tone , championing the mission with unwavering commitment. Remember, a culture of appreciation goes a long way in keeping employees engaged and motivated. Remember, tools and strategies are powerful, but leadership commitment to communicating a destination and sharing updates on progress drives performance!

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Team Workshop Team Building Mission Statement 162

Lead from Within

AUGUST 2, 2022

Even the best leader can’t do it on their own—it takes a group of people coming together with commitment and a shared purpose. But effective leaders know that micromanagement only serves to undermine their people’s creativity, energy, productivity, and ownership. They inspire commitment.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 10, 2017

I admired her commitment and energy that led her to meet with us at 4 am to align with our time zone. When people live and work in divisive environments, it takes more vision, character, energy and grit to create a winning well culture. Winning Well Connection. She’s an adventurer with a kind and generous spirit.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

“How do we get these millennials to be deeply committed to their work?” Programs don’t motivate people. People don’t motivate people. People are inspired in conditions where they can best motivate themselves. We need something fun to make it fresh again.” They Come from Outside the Team.

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Tips Motivation Energy Budgeting 464

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 28, 2023

It’s no longer solely about the financial bottom line; today, companies understand that a motivated and engaged workforce is the driving force behind sustained growth. It involves a deeper emotional commitment to the company’s mission and values. Employee engagement encompasses more than mere job satisfaction.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 16, 2023

This means you need to dedicate time and energy to actually get to know your team and learn how to work well together. Of course, a great team needs leaders to provide a clear direction that inspires and motivates their teams to achieve greatness together. Check out David’s book for more on this.

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Teamwork Team Power Strategy 234

Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 6, 2023

Do you and your team hold one another accountable for commitments? And that type of meaningless work SAPs morale and wastes people’s time and energy, and those are precious resources. So in your own leadership, commit to a weekly habit of strategy and tactics. Do you acknowledge and celebrate success?

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Tactics Strategy Morale Operations 408

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Chances are, there are some reservoirs of genuine positive emotional energy lurking somewhere within your current cultural situation that can be harnessed if brought to light.” Complexity is distracting; comprehensiveness is wasted energy. Lasting cultural changes must have an emotional commitment.

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Energy Quality Information Motivation 299

Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Employees may not be strongly motivated or informed enough about the rationale for their accountabilities and end up feeling disgruntled and disenfranchised, and “flying blind.” Yet, even with a powerful CPU, if the energy source is not sufficient to power the processor, no work can be done. “Commitment is an act, not a word.”

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 24, 2018

We lose the energy it takes to change, and we also lose the benefit of the Status Quo. We also pay the opportunity cost, the other things we could have done with the energy, time and money we spend on Different. We drop off, lose our motivation, take our eyes off the ball. So are you committed to Different for 2018?

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Cost Energy Commitment Education 255

Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

And right from the start, both the team and organization benefit from their new ideas and energy. As they implement new strategies and skills, their motivation and engagement grow even more. And that spirit quickly grows to boost your team’s morale and commitment. Employees gain new knowledge and abilities. Improved creativity.

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leaderCommunicator

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

In the effort to build a stronger and more committed workforce today, well-being is becoming an important part of how we think about engagement, and what it means. It also often results in something extra – extra time, extra energy, extra brainpower. 3 Components to Employee Engagement Today.

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Politics Stress Energy Commitment 94

Persuasive Powerhouse

MARCH 14, 2017

When that insight happens, they can move forward through with clarity and commitment. Action: As serotonin is released, a rush of energy (or insight) occurs as the brain fires up, moving ahead and discovering the solutions to a problem. The person who is the recipient of the question becomes motivated and ready to do something.

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The Practical Leader

JUNE 13, 2011

That leads to the second piece of research from ZengerFolkman on Employee Commitment. The company surveyed 100,000 people, examining 49 behaviors that evaluated 16 leadership competencies and then “isolated the top leadership behaviors that created a satisfied employee who is highly committed.&#. Driving for results.

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Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Energizers leave people feeling engaged, motivated and connected. Practicing good posture will increase your own energy and, in turn, make it easier to project that energy to others. Tone of voice – The surest way to drain the energy out of a room – physical or virtual – is to speak in a flat monotone.

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Energy Open-book Skills Commitment 241

Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 17, 2022

For example: “It sounds like you’re really frustrated with the lack of response from marketing and that’s sapping your motivation. You may or may not agree on what success looks like, but gaining clarity around expectations can save a lot of time and wasted energy. Do I have that right?”. Powerful phrases to create clarity.

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Power Active Listening Follow-up Course 546

Lead from Within

OCTOBER 15, 2020

If you want to understand, motivate and inspire others, you have to begin with yourself. Start cultivating your empathy and devoting more of your time and energy to those around you. When you understand your own values and priorities and you commit to them, you gain the authority of authenticity and everything else falls into place.

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The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Commitments aren’t kept, and deadlines are missed. “The Anxious Micromanager,” excepts from neuropsychologist, Julia DiGangi’s new book, Energy Rising: The Neuroscience of Leading with Emotional Power. ” DiGangi finds “command energy” is often not overt or aggressive.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

The best leaders demonstrate their long-term commitment to their employees through the specific behaviors they display on a daily basis. As you involve others, you increase their commitment and ease in implementing any new idea or change. They know what works and what doesn’t, but often are never asked for their opinion.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

You went to a meeting where you had invigorating discussions, examined alternatives, came up with a cool plan of action, everyone left the meeting feeling motivated, and then six weeks later you get back together. At the end of every meeting ask these three commitment questions: Commitment #1: Who will do what? Who will do it?

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Commitment Energy Morale Conference 180

Decker Communication

APRIL 27, 2021

Here are three ways to keep a solid pace, and finish your learning journey with energy to spare: 1. Many times when we’re excited about learning a new skill, we commit to the lofty goal of learning the big skill all at once. If you come home from work feeling Zoom-fatigued, commit to just 10 minutes of practice.

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Skills Learning-by-Doing Motivation Commitment 110

Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2017

There is a lack of employee engagement and productivity as accuracy levels decrease, absenteeism increases, motivation is lacking and an unhealthy degree of competitiveness exists. employees have been fully engaged in their jobs during these 15 years meaning they are involved in, enthusiastic about, and committed to their work and workplace.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

One of the most important attributes to have is self-motivation. Even if you have a natural level of confidence in your own ability and a strong desire to succeed it still helps greatly to be able to channel that positivity and energy in the right way. Do you have the basics to be a successful salesperson?

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