Create a Sense of Urgency
Though a source of stress, pressure in and of itself is not bad or evil. Without any kind of pressure or sense of urgency, we would probably not be very productive. In fact, most of us find working under pressure stimulating, as long as it’s not an overwhelming amount or over too long a period of time.
Courses on leadership and motivation normally have at least one slide containing the distribution curve illustrating how pressure regulates performance.
The following image illustrates the Pressure-Performance curve, with performance on the y-axis and pressure on the x-axis.
This graph highlights that low pressure will generate ...
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