How to Motivate!

Saw this quote from Jeffrey Gandz in the Ivey Business Journal -- and wanted to share it with you. This is GREAT advice for anyone seeking to motivate employees or volunteers ...

"Great coaches are great sensors. They understand what makes the person tick, what their natural aptitudes are and what needs to be taught. They understand that they must motivate people with high natural ability in order to get high performance and that such performance will not come without a clear sense of direction and the resources to enable it. They understand that the task of the coach is often to "round the edges" of assertive high-potentials, without dulling them."

... You can read the entire article (PDF) here.