February 2007
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Motivating OthersA client recently asked me how to motivate an employee who was not living up to his potential. The employee had the qualities my client was looking for in a project leader, but the person just wanted to stay a programmer. My answer was and is that people are self-motivated. It is an interesting paradox that as a parent, manager, supervisor or owner you can stifle motivation but you cannot create it. However, if you can determine what motivates the individual internally, you can offer them something he or she may respond to. If a person has been motivated in the past but is not now, something may be going on in the environment or at home which is stifling the person’s motivation. Have a frank discussion with the person describing what you have observed. Be prepared to accept the fact that it may be something in your management style that is causing the problem. If you can change, remove or help the person to overcome the de-motivating condition there is a high probability the person will become re-motivated. There are two basic motivations that companies have used for years; fear of loss or desire for gain. This is often referred to as the stick-and-carrot approach to motivation. The problem is that each individual’s definition of loss and gain is different. The desire for gain is relative to the person’s needs, values and personal life vision. What may be of high value to one person could be another person’s nightmare. We can never assume that others are motivated by the same things we are. For example; to put a person who has a high need for security, consistency, and predictability, into a risk-taking job that requires flexibility, independent thinking and quick, competent decisions would make that person miserable. Some people are motivated by competition, while others are turned
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“Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.” Clarence Thomas “Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back.” Thomas Sowell, Creators Syndicate (1930–) “Rudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength.”Eric Hoffer (1902–1983) “To have respect for ourselves guides our morals; and to have a deference for others governs our manners.” Lawrence Sterne |
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Start
your resume with a Summary Statement. The Summary Statement goes
directly under your name and address and is the first thing the
person will read. Most resumes only get a few seconds of attention
before they are selected or discarded. It is critical, therefore,
to grab the reader’s attention with powerful adjectives or it is
unlikely that your job history and accomplishments will even be
read.