9. Self-responsibility
When CEOs or team leaders say they don’t have the motivation to motivate their team, I want to puke in their shoes. They don’t have to motivate their team members every day, week, month, or worse yet, even hourly.
Self-responsibility is the key to motivation. Why not hire people who place self-responsibility and keeping promises at the top of their list? Why not encourage, recognize, and reward self-responsibility, a simple but powerful value? It is a powerful tool that solves more problems without drama than high levels of motivation.
10. Scenario building
The United States suffered the first of the two energy crises that would be devastating. Royal Dutch Shell was the only oil company that seemed to do better than its competitors. Why? Royal Dutch Shell began developing scenarios well before the oil shortages. Shell Oil had prepared for the crisis and was ready to act.
The scenario building process allows us to think about “What if?” and engage in a discussion to determine possible responses. You can easily see that this method is more effective than using pep talks and punishments to deal with unexpected events.
The Motivation Trap by John Hittler contains more tips on how to overcome the motivation trap. This excerpt is syndicated from MediaFeed.org.
