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Harness drive and inspire passion

Despite organisations having a shared goal, no one owes you their time or energy – they have their own lives and priorities, as do you. While the extrinsic motivators of money (and related job security) may be drivers to keep people within a team, if you can harness their drive and passion to contribute to the best of their talents while they are there (and then keep them), they play a huge role in organisational resilience, longevity and success.

Why don’t they care? (You always seem more passionate than your teams)

The problem for the passionate and driven leader is that they sometimes end up with an enthusiastic team of disciples driven by good results rather than empowered leaders driven by their passion. ...

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