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If You Want to Motivate Someone, Shut Up Already

If You Want to Motivate Someone, Shut Up Already

When nothing is better than setting the example to motivate people—an experiment on the efficacy of coaches who lead by example, as compared to those who encourage with words only.

Author(s): Brandon Irwin

Publisher: Harvard Business Review

Date of publication: 2013

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Synopsis

This article is one of the sources used in Manageris’ synopses:

Be a motivating manager

Be a motivating manager

Motivation has a direct impact on people’s performance. But how can it be sustained? The attitude of superiors has a decisive influence on the satisfaction that people derive from their work, and by extension, on their motivation.
229b – Synopsis (8p.) Motivation