motivation

  • How Do you Get Your Staff to Buy Into Your Goals?

    • December 4, 2019
    • Posted by: David Marshall
    • Category: Leadership, Management
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    Leaders need to make sure their employees feel heard

    When you’re a leader, getting your staff to buy into your goals and overall vision is not just a transactional event. You don’t just offer them something in exchange for supporting you. It’s not their job to automatically buy into your vision. And you can’t just do it because you’re the boss. That’s not leadership,

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  • Leaders Shouldn’t Have to Motivate Others

    • October 31, 2018
    • Posted by: David Marshall
    • Category: Leadership, Management
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    A woman lying face down on a pile of mail. It's nearly impossible to motivate others, and that shouldn't be our goal as leaders.

    I recently read an article on LinkedIn about how leaders shouldn’t have to motivate others, and I had a bit of an “amen!” response. To me, motivating someone means applying some kind of pressure to get someone to do something they might not otherwise do. As author Maurice Evans said: Motivation has to do with

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