Motivation

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Right Fit Leading: Motivation is Choice, Effort, Persistence

Choice refers to either getting people to select an action on their own or making a case for why they should take the path the leader or the group recommends.  Effort is about how much energy a person gives to an initiative.  Persistence is when people keep trying even if they don’t believe their effort and energy is enough.  This is ultimately about faith.  A motivational leader can inspire the kind of adrenaline in a person that allows them to move past their hesitations, find energy where there is none, and believe even if they don’t have all the reasons for that belief.   Leader communications should reinforce these concepts to motivate people.   Get Published: If you have some great ideas about leadership communication and its importance, check out the call for chapters for a new book, Returning to Interpersonal Dialogue and Understanding Human Communication in the Digital Age.  It\’s not too late to submit a chapter, or get more information, here: Returning to Interpersonal Dialogue.

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Right Fit Leading: Persistence is a Strength

As I watch today’s job market and discuss the future with my friends, it becomes obvious that those who are seeking new employment or a new challenge need to stay strong and stay active.  I use the words of Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher during the Victorian era, as motivation.  “Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.” The key to finding that which you seek is hard work and dedication. What are your keys to motivation as you seek new challenges?

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Right Fit Leading: Survival and Innovation

As a leader, this quote really gets me thinking. How about you? “If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision and courage. These things are rarely produced by committees. Everything that matters in our intellectual and moral life begins with an individual confronting his own mind and conscience in a room by himself.” Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. was an American historian, social critic, and public intellectual.

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