How To Guide Against Sabotaging Your Career II

How To Guide Against Sabotaging Your Career II

In the first part of this discussion on how to guide against sabotaging your career, the introduction aspect was deliberated upon. 

However, the concluding part that has to do with the questions that need to be answered to know if you have the ability to give a leadership talk, is hereby presented below. Keep reading 

(1) DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE AUDIENCE NEEDS?

Winston Churchill said, "We must face the facts or they'll stab us in the back."When you are trying to motivate people, the real facts are THEIR facts, their reality. You need to what your followers aspire to get at all costs and find a way of meeting their needs when they need it. You will undoubtedly become a crowd-puller within the shortest possible time. You as a leader also need to understand that your follower’s reality is composed of their needs.  In many cases, their needs have nothing to do with your needs. 

But most leaders don't get this.  They think that their own needs, their organization's needs, are reality.  That's okay if you're into ordering.  As an order leader, you only need to work with your reality.  You simply have to tell people to get the job done.  You don't have to know where they're coming from.  But if you want to motivate them, you must work within their reality, not yours. This is called "playing the game in the people's home park".  There is no other way to motivate them consistently.  If you insist on playing the game in your park, you'll be disappointed in the motivational outcome. 

(2) CAN YOU BRING DEEP BELIEF TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? 

Nobody wants to follow a leader who doesn't believe the job can get done.  If you can't feel it, they won't do it. But though you yourself must "want to" when it comes to the challenge you face, your motivation isn't the point.  It's simply a given.  If you're not motivated, you shouldn't be leading.  The point to take note of here is: Can you TRANSFER your motivation to the people so they become as motivated as you are? 

This is also called“THE MOTIVATIONAL TRANSFER”, and it is one of the least understood and most important leadership determinants of all.  There are three ways you can make the transfer happen.

*  CONVEY POSITIVE INFORMATION TO THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU.  The process of contributing meaningfully to the people around you will in most cases is enough to get people motivated to think of bringing considerable improvements to their lives.  For instance, many people have shun their addicted behaviorrs such as drug abuse and other vices because of information on the harmful effects of such habits on their lives

* TRY TO MAKE SENSE OF YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS. To be motivated, people must understand the rationality behind their challenges.  For example, while smoking, some people have been motivated to quit because the information made available to them about the negative implications of smoking makes sense.  The message passed across to them has meaning and is logical. They are able to discern it and work towards quitting smoking. and they are able to do that successfully.

* TRANSMIT EXPERIENCE.  This entails having the leader's experience become the people's experience.  This can be the most effective method of all, for when the speaker's experience becomes the audience's experience, a deep sharing of emotions and ideas, a communing, can take place.  Give the people to know where you are coming from and where you are going, as well as how to get there.

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