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Some thinking on MOTIVATION:
...I do a lot of study, thinking and training dealing with the subject of motivation, and I heard an interesting approach in church a few years back, that I would like to share with you. I cannot tell you the name of the preacher or even the church, but his message I did capture in some scratchings that I captured and saved. I don’t have sufficient room to elaborate much here in one page, so you may have to use the ol’ noggin’ a tad to grasp the essence and relevance of some of the points…but I am sure you can, if you try!

*** I have changed and interpreted his message a bit to fit more into the workplace situation and address it from a leadership perspective.
Each of these points has one thing in common, see if you can spot it,  ?

 ACCEPTANCE - people need to feel security, belonging and ownership…and a feeling that what they do and who they are is important.
 ACCOUNTABILITY - we need to know that we will be held accountable for what we do or don’t do. And that our efforts and performance will be evaluated to a high standard.
 APPREHENSION - some fear thrown in isn’t all bad, we must know that there are consequences for not performing and not meeting agreed-upon expectations.
 AFFECTION - this may seem kind of ‘warm and fuzzy’, but it is true isn’t it? We all seek attention, want to be like and to be cared for down deep, for who we are, not just what we can do.
 ACCOMPLISHMENT - people must know when they have succeeded and when the organization succeeds as well. We must recognize accomplishment and ensure all get to feel the sense of accomplishment when the team do well.
 ASSIGNMENT - we must understand our purpose, the scope of our duties, our boundaries our role, have clear direction and have a need to understand how it fits into the big picture.

>>>>To all leaders! You now know a bunch of all you need to know about MOTIVATION.

Likely the preacher providing the above should get an ‘A’ for this effort, huh? Take care, Doug

Sooooooo what motivates you? If you are a leader, what motivates Bob, July, Sara, Rich, Jim, ...the team overall?