<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><p>The ticket clinic, The Four Laws Of Leadership (Part One)<br></p><p><br></p><p>Leadership is motivational or it's stumbling in the dark. After all,
isn't it more effective to have people want to go from point A to point
B instead of to be ordered to go from A to B?</p><p>The ability to instill "want to" in others, to motivate them, marks the difference between average leaders and great leaders.</p><p>But
many leaders misunderstand the true meaning of motivation. And if you
misunderstand its meaning, you can't make it happen. Break the laws,
and you'll fail to motivate people. Or you may motivate them -- but
motivate them against you.</p><p>Here are four "laws" of motivation that you must adhere to if you want to consistently motivate people to get great results.</p><p>First,
let's be clear about what motivation is. The word derives from the
Latin root "to move." Motivation involves movement; yet the Latin root
indicates it's not just movement but also "that which triggers
movement."</p><p>Don't get me wrong. I'm not counting angels on the
head of a pin. This subtle double meaning in the very root of the word
motivation represents a manifest leadership lesson for you.</p><p>This lesson can be understood within the context of the four laws of motivation.</p><p>Law
1. Motivation is physical action. Note that the first two letters of
the word are the first two letters of words such as "motor",
"movement", "momentum", "motion". Those words denote physical action.
Motivation isn't what people think or feel but what they physically do.
Furthermore, it is not simply engaging in physical action but also
preparing for physical action. In other words, there is action and also
that which triggers the action.</p><p>Law 2. Motivation is their
choice. Many leaders are clueless about motivation because they think
it's their own choice. They think because they simply want people to be
motivated, people should automatically be motivated. That
misunderstanding has caused many a leader to come to grief. The act of
their being motivated is not your choice, it's theirs, always.
Motivation can't be done to people. People must "do" motivation to
themselves. Leaders communicate, and the people they lead motivate
themselves.</p><p>Law 3. Emotion drives motivation. The words emotion
and motivation come from the same Latin root "to move". When you want
to move people to take action, engage their emotions. Motivation
involves emotionally commitment.</p><p>Law 4. Face-to-face speech is generally the best way to motivate people (i.e., have those people choose to be motivated.)</p><p>With these concepts in mind, you can begin to get a clear understanding of motivation by studying the past.</p><p>This
exercise will sharpen your ideas on motivation. Who were the three most
effective leaders in history? Why were they effective? Who were the
three least effective? Why were they ineffective? Who are the most
effective leaders in your industry? Why are they effective? Who are the
least effective leaders in your industry? Why are they ineffective? Who
are the most effective leaders in your organization? Why are they
ineffective?</p><p>Now go back over each answer and tie it to
motivation or lack there of. What motivational lesson is there in each
answer? In doing so, you may find yourself changing and sharpening your
ideas about motivation; and hence changing and sharpening your
leadership skills.</p><p>In Part Two, I will expand on each law.</p><p>2005 © The Filson Leadership Group, Inc. All rights reserved.</p></div></div><br>
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