the capacity to establish direction and to influence and align others toward a common goal, motivating and committing them to action and making them responsible...
In straitened times, perks are a tricky area for employers looking to buoy spirits without busting out massive bonuses. It would be disingenuous to say pay doesn't matter. But engaging anyone -- from board members to employees -- is better done by allowing them to take ownership of strategies,...
Beliefs, values, interests, fear, worthy causes, and other such forces can motivate people. Some of these forces are internal, such as needs, interests, and beliefs. Knowing that different people react to different needs will guide your decisions and actions in certain situations. Leadership in terms of having time for an...
People are one's only resource. If one is able get this, a work environment is created that will that foster their ability to increase productivity, build up high self-esteem, and develop new skills and capabilities. To reinforce this growth, employees should be rewarded and recognized for their contributions. Love them...
The Pygmalion Effect explains how your expectations of other people can influence or motivate their performance. By setting and communicating high performance expectations, you can motivate better performance from the people that you lead and manage. The effect was originally studied in context of teachers' expectations of their students: Students...
Leaders may well have grand visions of very different futures in which the world is changed in some way presumably for the better. If they can communicate that vision to others, effectively 'Infecting' them with the idea, then this will create a sustaining motivational force in others towards a common...
The authors' conducted a meta-analysis to test dispositional antecedents of intra-organizational influence tactics used. The antecedents tested included self-reported measures of impression management, Machiavellianism, self-monitoring, locus of control, social identity, intrinsic/internal motivation, and extrinsic/external motivation. Using Hunter and Schmidt's validity generalization procedures, the relationships between each dispositional variable and six...
Relationships between leaders' motivation and their use of charismatic, transactional, and / or transformational leadership were examined in this study. One hundred eighty-six leaders and 759 direct reports from a variety of organizations were sampled. Leaders were administered the Motivation Sources Inventory MSI while followers reported leaders' full range leadership...
The study presented in this paper applies a three component model of communication competence (motivation, knowledge, and skill) within an organizational context and analyzes the relationship between job performance, position level, and communication competence. Data analysis revealed high job performers had significantly higher levels of motivation to adapt communication and...
In this paper, the authors' integrate theory and research from disparate areas to develop a comprehensive expectancy model of work motivation. Within their model, the authors' consolidate the motivation, leadership, and personality literatures; effectively incorporate the self-concept and personalities of leaders and followers; provide an expanded view of the dynamics...
The job of a manager in the workplace is to get things done through employees. To do this the manager should be able to motivate employees. But that's easier said than done! Motivation practice and theory are difficult subjects, touching on several disciplines. In spite of enormous research, basic as...
The first step in building motivation is to identify what demotivates a person and then tackle the problem head on. Now, here the authors' are looking at demotivation on two levels. On one level the authors' are looking at the fundamental motivation to lead, as they discussed in a previous...
Motivation is the key ingredient for success in any organization. A person can have all the technical skills in the world; however, if he can't motivate his team, he will not achieve success. As a leader, a majority of person's job is to motivate others to succeed so that everyone's...
Every government agency has a number of front-line employees who have a gift for identifying better ways of doing things. Just about everyone else have good ideas from time to time as well. The question is does management encourage everyone to contribute their ideas and then implement the best ones?...
Does a person feel his motivation has diminished recently? Or does he feel at the moment that it's gone completely? Does he wonder how he will ever get it back? It often happens that many people find their motivation decreasing or disappearing altogether. When this happens he tends to feel...
Regarding motivation in the workplace, countless managers are heard asking the question - "How do I keep my staff motivated?" While the above question may not surprise a person, people's answer to the question just might change the entire outlook on the subject of motivating his team. Motivation of employees...
Motivation is one of those topics about which much is preached with little result. The reason is simple: Leaders do not motivate-not directly, anyway. They do it indirectly. Motivation is an intrinsic response; it comes from inside and cannot be imposed from the outside. Motivation comes from wanting to do...
No one can see motivation. Motivation is inside another person's head and heart. No person can touch it. No person can measure it. And, therefore no person can manage it. Each person should think about managing the things he can see and measure. He should start concentrating on behavior and...
Behind each leader you'll find something equally powerful: a company culture that motivates people to work hard and stay with the business. As long as you have a business, you have a company culture. Instead of leaving it to grow on its own, you can nurture it into something that...
Among the challenges of running a small business is finding good employees and then keeping them motivated so that they thrive. When you do that successfully, your business will thrive too. But don't assume you need books or seminars to build motivation. As a small business owner/manager, you have an...
Granted. It's not scientific. But by looking at BNET users' top search terms, you can pretty much get a feel for what's hot in the world of management day-by-day. Today's top search terms show a marked trend toward organization and structure, with five out of the top...
