Motivation and people management
i) Personal reminders
To draw the best out of people the key strategies are:- Be motivated yourself
- Select people who are already motivated
- Set challenging but realistic targets
- Remember that progress motivates
- Treat each person as an individual
- Provide fair rewards
- Give recognition
ii) Thoughts worth thinking‘The two great movers of the
human mind are the desire of
good and the fear of evil.’
Samuel Johnson‘I am persuaded that every being
has a part to play on earth:
to be exact, his or her own part
which resembles no other.’ André Gide
214 The John Adair Handbook of Management and Leadership