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Energizing People Inspiring Personal Initiative and Risk |
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By Vadim Kotelnikov, Founder, Ten3 BUSINESS e-COACH – Innovation Unlimited, 1000ventures.com
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"Every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel important.' If you can do that, you'll be a success not only in business but in life as well." – Mary Kay Ash |
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Growing Need for Energized People To cope with today's rapid change, organizations need energized people. "Open-book management, employee empowerment, continuous improvement, participative management, and self-directed work teams are all concepts that seek to energize employees by making them a more integral part of the workplace."2 Values-Based Leadership Values-based leadership is about ideas and values. It is about understanding the different and conflicting needs of followers, energizing followers to pursue a goal than they had thought possible. "In practical business terms, it is about creating conditions under which all followers can perform independently and effectively toward a single objective."3... More Inspirational Leadership: 10 Roles Inspirational leaders create an inspiring culture within their organization. They supply a shared vision and inspire people to achieve more than they may ever have dreamed possible. They are able to articulate a shared vision in a way that inspires others to act. People do what they have to do for a manager, they do their best for an inspirational leader... More Case in Point GE Work-Out At its core, Work-Out is a very simple concept based on the premise that those closest to the work know it best. When the ideas of those people, irrespective of their functions and job titles, are solicited and turned immediately into action, an unstoppable wave of creativity, energy, and productivity is unleashed throughout the organization. At GE, Work-Out "Town Meetings" gave the corporation access to an unlimited resource of imagination and energy of its talented employees... More
What Does Creativity Brings to Your Life?... Hope - the Foundation of All Motivation... Differentiating Idea as a Motivational Tool... Motivating the Person: Two Fundamental Stages... Inspiring People... Stretch!... Motivating the Team... Nine Laws of Motivation... Motivational Communication... Achieving Deep Customer Focus: 10 Critical Breakthroughs... NLP Technology of Achievement: Rules of Self-Motivation... Three Greatest Rewards of the Universe... Six Things that Are Necessary for Good Team Leadership... Case in Point Wall-Mart
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Bibliography:
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"1001 Ways to Energize Employees", Bob Nelson, 1997
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Foreword to "1001 Ways to Energize Employees", Jack Stack, 1997
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"Leading Change", James O'Toole, 1996
