Leading Blog

AUGUST 27, 2020

Twenty-two different studies have, in the years since, found that the more materialistic and extrinsically motivated you become, the more depressed you will be. Twelve different studies found that the more materialistic and extrinsically motivated you become, the more anxious you will be. You could track the movement.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Here’s an example: let’s say you wake up at seven in the evening to prep for your graveyard shift. 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. Although sugary treats provide an energy spike, they’re temporary.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 1, 2014

How can I motivate him to do more? This could be an employee in the perfect sweet spot of positive energy and flow, or may be becoming a bit bored and longing for more. Offering feedback through 360 assessments, specific examples, and coaching will help bring his skills in-line with his self perceptions.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 5, 2024

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. Become a Role Model: Ultimately, leadership is about setting an example. Strive to understand your team’s perspectives, feelings, and needs.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 22, 2023

Slumping or slouching can convey a lack of energy, confidence, or leadership presence. This can not only improve your appearance, but also boost your energy and confidence. For example, if you are speaking with a team member and your facial expression doesn’t match the words you are saying, it can create confusion or mistrust.

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Lead on Purpose

MARCH 1, 2014

We all know people who inspire us, who encourage us—through their actions and example—to work hard, to persevere through difficult circumstances. While every circumstance is different, leaders find … Continue reading → Leadership build confidence creativity energy example factors inspire motivate optimism'

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Leading Blog

MARCH 29, 2019

Leaders that understand and practice ethics at work are also better at motivating and empowering individuals in order to fuel collective progress. Positive communication and mindfulness foster focus and protect valuable energy. Ethical leaders know how to practice control of energy in order to cultivate focus and ease for their team.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 11, 2020

There is no one solution that fits everyone, but prioritizing your own well-being is paramount if you are to have the energy to inspire and motivate others. There are plenty of examples of companies adapting to this change. For example, Brew Dog in the UK has pivoted to creating hand sanitizers rather than making beer.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 11, 2012

"Leadership is about managing energy, first in yourself and then in those around you.". In a recent UNH Executive Development Program , the instructor, Professor Jim Clawson, challenged a group a senior managers to reflect on how they are managing their personal energy, and as leaders, the impact they are having on their employee’s energy.

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Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 9, 2022

Getting ahead in business and your career will require a lot of your time, energy, and focus. You must have a lot of natural energy and at your best if you want to find long-term success. You’ll find that you make better decisions and have more motivation to work hard when you participate in self-care activities regularly.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 27, 2020

Use this energy for motivation and focus. HM: Work hard at being a positive example to others, (you can not expect others to work hard if you never sweat yourself!). JH thoughts: The classic “set the example.”

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 10, 2024

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. But don’t just push information out – create opportunities for two-way dialogue.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2019

And you improve performance by focusing on motivation, especially intrinsic motivation. When a team member isn’t functioning, for example, whose responsibility is it to address this issue? Subjects questioned could include relationship skills, how they rate the team member’s expertise, accuracy and timeliness, for example.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 1, 2020

By holistically understanding your team, you can best find what motivates them, and even how you need to bring support when you otherwise would not. An example could be that you notice a teammate who has been underperforming and lacking energy. What are the struggles they face not only at work, but off the clock also?

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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. Have each team member answer and discuss these 4 key questions.

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 10, 2024

Organize organziational story projects where teams from both sides give examples of what has gone well – and collaborate on what success should look like moving forward. Remember, a culture of appreciation goes a long way in keeping employees engaged and motivated.

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Rich Gee Group

MARCH 23, 2020

Finally, you are the motivational engine of your team — you need to give them energy and enthusiasm to keep focused on the job at hand. Your better performers need to be acknowledged in front of the team not only to motivate them but to also use them as an example to the other members of what required performance really is.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Give them concrete examples in a timely manner of what you’ve observed. Generally, a loss is more of a motivator than a gain. Determine what will motivate them. Don’t spend all your time and energy on the difficult person, just enough to know that you provided the person with the opportunity to make the needed changes.

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Lead from Within

MAY 19, 2021

Work to becoming a leader who empowers, inspires and motivates by being available and accessible. If you’re in the habit of speaking over others, interrupting, and making statements without allowing others to respond or express their own thoughts, you kill the energy and ideas of your team. Defensiveness. Talk less and listen more.

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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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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. A subtle shift in communication – just using the word “and” – is all it takes to move forward with positive energy. Communication.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2018

By fulfilling these needs, you tap into your coworker’s intrinsic motivation. By sending, your focus is on extrinsic motivation (nice events, for example). In the first post in this series , I mentioned the three basic needs: connection, mastery, and autonomy.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 25, 2021

At the height of the mania surrounding cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, a common statistic was that processing these digital currencies required more energy than Denmark used on its own. The sector has made considerable strides in recent years to become more energy efficient.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 26, 2019

When team members lose interest and motivation, they soon start to look for a new opportunity that fills this void. When team members are not clear about their responsibilities and objectives, they become frustrated and lose motivation. Positive acknowledgement is a form of energy for team members.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The best example I know of an easy to follow leader is Jesus. There needs to be an element of faith and risk to motivate followers. Others could follow, because He led by example.) Places energy into others Followable leaders consistently invest in other people. Why would they want to follow me? They pave the way.

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The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Eyes roll, and credibility slips when the team knows this person is a chronic underperformer and usually an example of what not to do. Decades of research and dozens of studies show again and again that while money can be a de-motivator, it is rarely a good motivator. Management Manipulation by Showing Them the Money.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 20, 2021

Set an example. Most people understand that the best way to lead is by example, but how exactly can you do that? Setting an example will enable you to solve staff issues when they arise, safe in the knowledge you have set a boundary giving you the freedom to reprimand them if needed. Communication.

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HR Digest

JULY 20, 2022

Motivational competency . This could include the confidence level of such an individual, how they relate with others, how easily they can solve problems, and how they motivate themselves during breakdowns. . Motivational competency . They can easily detect down times and give motivation to those around them.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Using professional dealership phone training , for example, is an excellent way to try and improve sales conversion rates, but improve customer service and satisfaction levels at the same time. One of the most important attributes to have is self-motivation. Do you have the basics to be a successful salesperson?

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Before I knew it, my role became that of a coach, inspiring them to give their best, teaching them how to be customer-focused, understand their customers’ needs, wants and desires, and demonstrating how to present, motivate and engage the customer. Tupperware was where I learned how recognition can be an important motivator.

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Mark Sanborn

JANUARY 13, 2023

Gandhi’s story is a powerful example of the importance of focus in leadership. It illustrates the way in which an unwavering focus on a goal can inspire and motivate others to join in the cause, and ultimately lead to significant change. This keeps them on track and able to inspire and motivate their team to do the same.

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HR Digest

MARCH 18, 2023

With fewer days to get work done, employees tend to be more focused, efficient, and motivated. Additionally, the extra day off can provide an opportunity for employees to recharge and return to work with renewed energy and enthusiasm. For example, employees may save on commuting, parking, and other work-related expenses.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 19, 2018

When people become tired and fatigued, they switch to a quicker, more efficient, and less energy-consuming form of decision-making. Their decisions become reckless, as they act impulsively instead of expending the energy to think through the consequences. By doing nothing, leaders exhibit the ultimate form of energy conservation.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 9, 2020

They are role models in every sense of the word and set the example for others to follow. Vibrant culture leaders are a force of positive energy and see the good in everyone with whom they interact. This will create individual ownership, energy and motivation. Vibrant culture leaders are emotionally intelligent.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 20, 2022

What are soft skills examples? For example, if you react quickly and appropriately to negative emotions, you’ll likely avoid being blamed by colleagues. These skills include delegation, communication, motivation, prioritization, persuasion, and self-control. Types of soft skills You Should Have. Time Management Skills.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Better yet, the most important behaviors leaders can do to develop and maintain motivated, engaged employees tend to have little or no cost, but rather are a function of the daily interactions that managers have with employees pertaining to work in the context of each employees’ jobs.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The study suggests that there may be a problem whereby overconfidence hampers the ability of people to learn, as we think we know far more than we do, and thus lack any real motivation to learn more. These included GM foods, climate change, and nuclear energy. “Our findings suggest that this pattern is fairly general.

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