| Three Ways to Motivate People to Improve June 26th, 2019 by Bill Boyajian |
People are motivated to improve by different things. Once you determine their hot buttons, you can use different techniques to get the most out of them and to help them improve. Here are three techniques every leader should consider: 1. Tell them they can’t do something. That’s right. Some people are motivated by the challenge of proving you wrong. It’s not that they’re negative. Quite the opposite. It’s that they need a serious challenge to get them fired up to improve. 2. Plant a seed and let it grow. These people need to “own” an idea before they give it credence. They need time to come to the notion by themselves. Once they do, they’ll see success as if the concept originated from them. This might not make you happy, but it will make them more successful. 3. Simply encourage them. Some people have been beaten down and bruised so often that they just need positive affirmation to improve their performance. It’s not that they are needy; it’s more like they thrive on encouragement to be properly motivated to improve. These aren’t the only ways to get people to improve, but if you master them, they’ll make you a better leader and you’ll get better performance from people. Tags: Advice, Affirmation, Business, Business Development, Challenge, Concept, Credence, Determination, Determine, Developing Leaders, Different, Dreams, Drive, Encourage, Energy, Ethics, Family, Friends, happiness, Happy, Humility, Idea, Improve, Integrity, Knowledge, Leader, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Excellence, Leadership Problems, Leadership Skills, Learning, Management, Motivate, Motivation, Negative, Patience, People, People Leaders, Performance, Personal Development, Philosophy, Positive, Project Leaders, Prove Wrong, Reality, Relationships, Serious, Success, Successful, Technique, The Mind of a Leader |
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