Four motivation strategies can help your organization succeed too one professional at a time. Get Excited Ironically, as managers the first professional to motivate is ourselves. If we lack motivation, employees will lack motivation. Motivation occurs from the inside out. If we want to motivate someone, we have to communicate to their inside.
Emotions communicate on a deep level from inside to inside.
This is why one bad apple spoils the bunch. It's also why one excited manager can mobilize a team to move mountains. Feigning excitement is impossible because people's insides come equipped with an infallible phony-detection system that is always on and has an amazing range of reception. Whether we manage rocket scientists or the custodial staff, we need to fall in love with our team's contribution. It's easier to hire motivated professionals than it is to motivate professionals.