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Inspiration doesn’t matter

Fire up successful
performance

I f you really want to fire-up successful performance in your people,
then you’ll need to inspire them to reach those higher levels of per-
formance and productivity. Great leaders are often inspirational.
They seem to have a knack for fostering optimism and belief in a bet-
ter tomorrow. As a manager or supervisor, you too can create an envi-
ronment that encourages people to climb to the next level of
achievement, satisfaction, and personal excellence.
Do all that you can to show your employees that your actions are
meaningful and sincere when it comes to helping them do their best
work.
Consider the following strategies: 1) Ask for everyone’s input,
ideas, and suggestions about the current work environment and how
it can be improved. Then publish a plan and let your people put it
into action. Now that’s motivating! 2) Emphasize your own personal
commitment to your team. In other words, you too must be fired up
about your work. Always praise the commitment of your staff. 3)
Connect the success of your team to the success of the organization.
When you practice these strategies, you’ll be helping to ensure that
management values its people and wants to take actions that will ben-
efit both employees and the organization. Here are some additional
ways to fire up employees:
Share rewards: An important goal of any motivation program is to
help employees feel that the work itself is the reward. Managers rein-

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