Hints to Motivating People

1. Make the members in your group want to do things.
2. Study members determine what makes each tick.
3. Be a good listener.
4. Criticize or reprove constructively.
5. Criticize or reprove in private.
6. Praise in public.
7. Be considerate.
8. Delegate responsibility for details to members.
9. Give credit where it is due.
10. Avoid domination or "forcefulness".
11. Show interest in and appreciation of the other fellow.
12. Make your wishes known by suggestions or requests.
13. When you make a request or suggestion, be sure to tell the reasons for it.
14. Let the members in on your plans and programs even when they're in an early stage.
15. Never forget that the leader sets the style for her/his members.
16. Play up the positive.
17. Be consistent.
18. Show your members that you have confidence in them and that you expect them to do their best.
19. Ask members for their counsel and help.
20. When you're wrong or make a mistake, admit it.
21. Give courteous hearing to ideas from members.
22. If an idea is adopted, tell the originator why.
23. Give weight to the fact that people carry out best their own ideas.
24. Be careful what you say and how you say it.
25. Don't be upset by little hassles.
26. Use every opportunity to build up in members a sense of the importance of their own work.
27. Give your members goals, a sense of direction, something to strive for and to achieve.
28. Keep your members informed on matters affecting them.
29. Give members a chance to take part in decisions, particularly those affecting them.
30. Let your members know where they stand.