MOTIVATE OTHERS TO REALISE THEIR POTENTIAL

MOTIVATE OTHERS TO REALISE THEIR POTENTIAL
Leaders realise that setting high expectations can lead to self-fulfilling prophecies, where those expectations magically come true and people start playing at higher performance levels. However, unleashing high expectation prophecies are not that easy. Following a few ground rules can be prepared the ground.
POTENTIALS IS WAITING TO BE DISCOVERED
The first rule in unleashing self-fulfilling high expectations is the realisation that everyone is already that everyone is really blessed with high potential and they are waiting to be discovered by a good leader. Unleashing this potential like prospecting or drilling for oil. The expert knows that the oil is there and the challenge is to figure out how to get to it and get it out of the ground. You might not get there in first go, bit finally you get to it. The same is true with people. They are all gifted. Once you recognise this, you just have to unwrap it and put it to use.
TREAT EVERYONE IS EQUAL, BUT SPECIAL
Second ground rule is that everyone, irrespective of birth, living conditions or the designations that are beautify, and is equally blessed. It does not matter whether they are from a premier institute or whether they are from a premier institute or whether they are the CEO’s relations.
Everybody is considered equal from the point of potential. At the same time, a leader should make efforts to discover the potential behind individuals and their special interests to unleash self-fulfilling prophecies in the life of each individual. So every leader who wants his people to realize their potential faces the challenge of treating everyone equal, at the same time special.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS SHOULD NOT BE DECEPTION POINTS
First impressions need not to be true, since it is easier to be deceived by them. People could seem as if not fitting with already defined social expectations because of their external appearances. The real challenge of leader is declaring his high expectations even when they are against the conventional norms. Expecting high irrespective of appearance would mean that leaders are putting extra faith in those people, and hence adding pressure on them to live up to it.
IT’S NOT ABOUT THE LEADER, BUT EVERYONE ELSE
Self-fulfilling high expectations are all about motivating others to their finest efforts. Leaders must believe they can count on other people to come through. If the people in charge rely only on themselves as heroes who can rescue any situation, while focussing on other people’s inadequacies, they undermine confidence and break the flow of the prophecy. In contrast, when leaders believe in other people and reinforce through self-fulfilling high expectations, confidence grows, and winning becomes more attainable.