To
motivate employees to achieve more, and to push outward the frontiers of their
potential, an
effective manager has to recognise and nurture that
potential
.
This
can be difficult. People in the
workplace often have an investment in holding themselves back;
there may be other demands on their time and their
energies, other needs they wish to satisfy, that are
more important to them than promotion within the organisation.
Terry
Goodwin here provides some strategies for successful
motivation and also suggests that managers themselves
need to be included in any programme designed to nurture
potential. He then gives brief introductions to
the theories of some eminent management
"gurus".
Finally
he provides another of his quizzes for your
entertainment and (we hope) profit; this time for
assessing your staff-nurturing ability.