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There are a lot of reasons not to “push” your project workers. You may believe there are too few doing too much work anyway, right? Can’t push’em too hard or they will push back, you think.
Before you cut them too much slack, though, check out research from a university study, where academics have proven that when leader has high expectations of the workforce it results in better performance. This wasn’t any tiny sample, either. Results are based on twenty-five years of studying banks, schools – even the Israel Defense Forces for goodness sake.
This is got to be one the easier tactics I have recommended. It certainly does appear that all you have to do is come up with your high expectations, communicate them, and you are done! Afterwards just bask in the praise you get from having such a high performance workforce. The research showed, however, that there are two factors that are crucial when implementing this tactic. What do you think they are? I’ll explain more in my next post.
Posted on: May 12, 2008 07:01 AM |
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