The document outlines 10 habits that can help managers become more motivational leaders. The habits are: always listen to feedback, communicate often with your team, study problems thoroughly to find root causes and solutions, promote a sense of purpose beyond just pay, create optimism even around boring tasks, challenge inefficient processes and the status quo, build tailored incentive schemes for individual employees, offer transparency to build trust, set high standards for yourself and your team, and confront obstacles like fear and self-doubt that your team faces. Adopting these habits can help increase employee engagement and productivity.

2. Every leader wants to know how to
motivate their people.
After all, motivation leads to an
increase in productivity.
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3. But less than 20% of Australians
go above and beyond at work.
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4. That’s because they don’t have
leaders who motivate them.
Luckily, becoming a motivator is
something that you can learn.
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5. Adopt these 10 key habits to
become a more inspirational
influence on your people.
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6. Habit #1
Always Listen
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7. Your people offer feedback on their
work and your organisation regularly.
It’s not enough to just let them talk.
Listen to what they say and act upon
it.
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8. Habit #2
Communicate
Often
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9. An astonishing 69% of managers
don’t feel very comfortable when
talking to their people.
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10. You can’t fall into that category.
Communicate regularly with your
people and demonstrate confidence in
everything that you do.
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11. Habit #3
Study
the Problems
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12. Many managers make the mistake of
offering a knee-jerk reaction when a
problem arises.
This leads to them making the wrong
decisions and failing to solve the problem.
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13. Motivational leaders study problems
so that they can create solutions.
They get down to the root cause of the
issue, rather than reacting to one of
the symptoms.
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14. Habit #4
Promote Purpose
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15. 30% of millennials believe that having
a purpose is a bigger motivator than
their pay.
If your people have purpose, they’ll
push harder to achieve what’s needed.
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16. Habit #5
Create Optimism
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17. We all have tasks that we’re not very
enthusiastic about.
Motivational leaders don’t let this lack of
enthusiasm show.
They remain upbeat and optimistic even in
the face of the most boring tasks.
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18. Habit #6
Challenge
Set
Ways
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19. Every organisation has its preferred
processes.
But the fact is that many of these
processes aren’t efficient.
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20. Motivational leaders actively
challenge the status quo to
keep their organisations from
stagnating.
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21. Habit #7
Build Smart
Incentives
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22. Every person in your team is an
individual who’s driven by something
different.
Discover what drives each of your people
and tailor incentive schemes around
that information.
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23. Habit #8
Offer
Transparency
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24. If your people don’t trust you, they
won’t respect your decisions.
Talk openly and don’t hide important
information. The more your people trust
you, the harder they’ll work for you.
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25. Habit #9
Set High
Standards
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26. You’ve worked hard to get where you
are in your organisation.
Don’t let your standards slide. Your
people can sense complacency and
will emulate your performance levels.
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Habit #10
Confront
Obstacles

28. All sorts of obstacles can hold
your people back.
Fear and self-doubt pulls their
focus away from their work.
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29. Confront these obstacles head on.
Help your people to push past the
productivity obstacles that may hold
them back.
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30. Engaged teams are 38% more productive than
unengaged teams.
Register for our next free webinar to learn more
about inspirational habits and how you can
develop them.
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