May 20, 2010

How to be an effective encourager

This week's video clip comes from last week's trip to Hawaii. 

On Thursday, I woke up inspired to blog about encouragement.  We read a great deal about it, but little is written to help us give it.  Think about it: In many cases, our attempts to encourage others fail to lift their spirits or validate their progress.  We wonder why they do it - false humility on their part, a lack of perceived sincerity on our part, or just the timing of it all. 

This is an important area of leadership development. We can all agree that our people need encouragement, but the point is that it's not about giving encouragement...it is about them receiving and accepting it!

In my experience, I've learned that there's an art and science to giving encouragement, especially to people that need it the most. This video clip shares four tips on how to hit the bulls-eye every time. 

Video: How To Be Effective At Encouraging Others

Posted at 2:34 PM in Business Effectiveness , Leadership  |  Permalink  |  Comments (2)  |  TrackBack (0)

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Commentor

Good stuff, Tim. Thanks for this message.

Btw, your vacation on the island "discouraged" me. Ha! I want to be there!!!
I'm just teasing you. You deserve a good vacation. Enjoy!

--Terrace Crawford
www.terracecrawford.com
www.twitter.com/terracecrawford

Posted by: Terrace Crawford  |  May 25, 2010 at 10:23 AM

Commentor

Tim, thanks so much for posting this; I've "favorited" it on YouTube and intend to watch it often, to remind me of what I should be doing every day for the people around me.

Posted by: Steven  |  May 20, 2010 at 08:19 PM

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