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“How do you get people to pull you, rather than you pushing them?” The question came from a leader in South Africa on a recent Skype call.
Don’t waste your leadership influence getting people excited about things you’re excited about…
Go with their excitement.
Motivating the unmotivated is frustrating, exhausting, and wasteful.
Essential agreement:
Agree on organizational mission/vision first. Does everyone want to feed the hungry, sell widgets, or develop leaders, for example?
Disagreement on mission ends shared motivation.
Stop pushing:
Successful leaders, it’s true, generate enthusiasm in others. But, self-centered leaders push their own passions.
Stop pushing those who already buy-in!
Follow their enthusiasm, don’t push yours.
Get excited about things that excite them. Fuel excitement by going with, not against.
Example:
A young leader recently said, “When you start talking about developing leaders, I lose enthusiasm. I’m concerned about community impact.”
In the past, I…
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Hysam Darwan
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