Leadership and Motivation: The Fifty-Fifty Rule and the Eight Key Principles of Motivating Others

Abstract

What motivates people is an important consideration for captains of industry, commerce and the public sector - in fact anyone who works with other people - since people are central to the success of organizations. and Motivation explores the subject in depth. Leadership guru John Adair reassesses the theories of Herzberg and Maslow - still the major contributors to our understanding of motivation - in the context of action-centred leadership - the concept pioneered and developed by the author. Central to the book are the fifty-fifty rule and the eight key principles of motivating others. With the fifty-fifty rule, Adair states that half of a person's motivation comes from within and half is due to their environment - especially the leadership they encounter there. His eight key principles of motivating others are: be self-motivated; select people who are also self-motivated; treat everyone as an individual; set challenging yet realistic targets; remember that progress motivates; create a motivating environment; provide fair rewards; and, give recognition.

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