Collective and individual ownership is a tremendous motivator toward great performance and goal attainment. We value what we own, and protect and nourish it through hard work, loyalty and dedication. Within ownership a critical element is responsibility. We cannot lose what we do not own, and we do not own something without being responsible for it. Instilling a sense of responsible ownership is an essential task for successful leadership.
Leaders create expectations where ownership and attainment of a goal is personal to each individual.
Failure to achieve any goal becomes a personal loss. He won an unprecedented six gold medals in speed skating during the Winter Olympics several years ago. It had to be his desire, a desire that welled up from deep inside himself. He practiced six hours a day. He bicycled twenty-five miles a day.