Contagious Leadership = Positive Motivation

One of the toughest challenges facing managers on a daily basis is the care and feeding of key employees.   If you don’t keep the “tigers” happy, your competitors will.  And if your team doesn’t see a purpose – a positive vision, they will come to work for a paycheck and not for a compelling future.  

Contagious leadership means providing motivation through a compelling vision to your team on a daily basis.   This means not only being able to clearly articulate a vision – but to live it and breathe it so that it becomes a passion for your team – a passion to excel and win! 

Hold regular meetings with key staff not only to review progress towards goals, but also to fuel the fires of passion for their role in your great mission.  If every member of your team doesn’t have a fire in their belly for excellence, then you still have your work cut out for you. 

Negative motivation is a passion killer.  Micromanagement, losing opportunities for recognizing strong contributions by your team, and distrust are all forms of negative motivation that destroy team spirit.  If you see issues that need redirection, refocus your team on the end goals, and try to defocus from the negative issues or they can grow from the attention paid to them. 

Listen to inputs from your team, and make each member feel valued and respected.  Encourage brainstorming and innovative ideas – this is how many winning corporations maintain and keep their edge.  Every single team member is unique, and brings a new perspective to the table.  

Positive motivation creates contagious leadership – leadership that unifies teams and wins in today’s highly competitive business landscape.  

John Hersey is a successful business owner, published author and motivational leadership speaker. John writes one of the most recognized leadership blogs in the business world: http://www.JohnHersey.com/blog