You're on the same page with your people. Like your automobile, your wheels are balanced and aligned. Now it's easy to sit down with your general manager, and then with your department heads and finally with your employees and talk about your goals, your vision and the future. General Eisenhower said there are no victories at bargain prices. Again, this is not complicated brain work.
People respond to incentives.
Everything else is commentary. All the time. Why would you believe you are any different from your front line employees - you have incentives real and psychological which drive you. Paying your mortgage on time is an example. A 25th wedding anniversary trip to Paris.