Getting your people to do extraordinary things
Posted by Todd Rhoades in Leadership on Jan 19th, 2012 | 2 commentsDavid Kelly, the founder if IDEO has this to say about motivating those you work with:
“If you want the people you work with to do extraordinary things, you really have to understand what they value. I’m trying to get people to remain confident in their creative ability. In order for them to have that kind of creativity, you have to be very transparent. Understand them and involve them in the decisions being made…The worst thing you can do to a creative person is have commands come down from the top so they don’t see their role and don’t see the trade offs.”
Thoughts?
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I think this goes beyond creative. The same things are true for volunteers.
If people are only doing what you say to do and aren’t part of the process… the best people will leave and what are you left with?