It
really does suck – when you are busting a gut and you just seem to be going
around in circles. When you look at your ‘to do’ list at the end of the day and
there are more things on it than when you started the day!
When
the alarm goes off you hit the snooze button, and then lay there trying to
think of the most valid reason to not go to work today – except you are the
Leader! You’re supposed to be the one motivating everyone else. You know people
are watching you, but you are conflicted. Do you ‘fake it’ and walk in with a
smile and pretend it’s all OK? Or do you reveal all, and risk scaring your
people?
Often
what happens is we get out of alignment with the goals and purpose of the
organisation. We either forget why we joined in the first place, or something
has changed – with them, or with you, or maybe both.
Sitting
down and really reflecting on what this organisation is all about, what its
purpose is, what it is trying to achieve, and then determining if you share
that common purpose is the first step to finding the solution to your
motivation, or lack of!
As
leaders, when we share a common goal, a common purpose with the organisation we
are leading, then we can determine the following:
1.
What are their Expectations of me that help
them achieve that?
2.
What are my Expectations of them that help
me achieve that?
3.
What do they Need from me that helps them
achieve that?
4.
What do I Need from them that helps me
achieve that?
5.
What do they need to Promise me to bring it
all together?
6.
What do I need to Promise them to bring it
all together?
It’s
all about ENPs® - Understanding what we Expect and Need from each other, and
what we can Promise each other to make it all work. This is the dynamics of
trust. If it doesn’t stack up, if you simply can’t Promise to meet their
Expectations and Needs of you, then frankly, you are in the wrong place. But when
this is aligned, when you can build trust on a common ground, then your sense
of motivation and achievement will flourish.
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