From the course: Finding Your Leadership Vocabulary with Doug Conant
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What motivates people to give their best?
From the course: Finding Your Leadership Vocabulary with Doug Conant
What motivates people to give their best?
- Let me tell you about my friend Dick Kavanaugh. When Dick began his tenure as CEO of the Conference Board, he had not led an organization that size before, and his mandate was different from his previous roles. With a background in education and consulting, his goal had always been to help people do better. So he had a really good starting point. Bringing his helper orientation, he was determined to find what his new team of economists would find motivating to their work of providing top of class insights and predicting global trends. Doing some reflection into his own experiences, Dick realized his pedigree might be intimidating. He'd worked at Harvard, McKinsey, and the White House, all daunting even to the most seasoned professionals. Dick realized the economists on his team, like many smart people, had self-doubt. They didn't realize how really talented they were. So he used his pedigree to his advantage. He told…
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