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Motivation and Leading in Management

These two, motivation and leadership I believe are vital in one's role as a manager. When you are managing a company, a departament, a division or even on a smaller scale, a committee or group, it is important to motivate individuals and maintaining them motivated in the long term. This can be obtained by recognizing the indiviual's expectations and goals and how these can be fundamental and useful in achieving the company or group/committe goals as well. In order to be successful, th leader has to use effective leadership skills that can contribute to the success or the goals in mind. These leadership skills include, but are not limited to role-model, effective communication skills, empathetic, motivating, and motivational too. The effective leader manages all these in the work scenario, setting the tone for stable and promising work enviroment. This contributes to the success of what is intended or expected for the particular group or company.

 

A leader with a clear vision and passion for her vision can hope to motivate her team with her infectious enthusiasm. However, this is not enough.  External motivators such as hope for a raise or bonus serve a purpose but are also limited in motivating others.  Hopes for promotion are a strong motivator, but realistically, not all members of a team will be promoted - many of them are needed in their specific area of expertise.  What else can be used to motivate employees to maximize their contribution at work?

A leader must have a very clear vision. The only way of passing, inspire and succeed as a leader, is showing that we have a clear path and every time we make it easier for our team. They put their work and we eliminate the obstacles. If the vision is clear and the target is in a visible location, the team's accomplishments soon be noticed

I would agree that a leader needs to be a facilitator of discussions as well as a director. To generate ideas a leader must find ways to draw out those who can help advance the goals of the organization. Through clearly defined goals the teams can see their role in the overall mission so that the team members can feel useful and recognized within the organization. 

Leaders should always be the facilitator, but typically (in the meetings that I've been in), they do too much talking. Often, others in the meeting are intimidated to say anything because of the fear of looking or sounding foolish. That is why I like sub-committees. They offer others (who might normally not speak up) a chance to contribute more. However, when an organization has strong leadership (like mine does), this typically does not happen- but I've seen it happen many times before.

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