Much of our success in life will be determined by our ability to sell ourselves to others. Whether in our personal or working lives; people will judge us by what we say and what we do. However, more importantly, this will be influenced by how likeable we are.

If you want a happy and motivated team who – don’t take time off work – don’t keep looking for other jobs - don’t give you too many problems and who generate results for your business.  You need to spend more time ‘Coaching’ and less time ‘Managing’

Listening is a very powerful management skill and if you want to become a Motivational Manager and minimise your stress then you need to become a Powerful Listener.

In 1964 The Beatles sang – “Money Can’t Buy Me Love” and it certainly won’t buy you loyalty or team motivation.

The majority of employees are motivated by other factors and these are often more easily delivered than extra money.

If you manage or supervise other people, have confidence in yourself. Accept your limitations and don’t feel bad if you don’t initially know the answer to every question.

Ironically, it isn’t motivational for your staff, if you come up with the answers to all of their problems or queries.

Encourage your staff to come to you with solutions, not problems.

A manager will get much further with the people who work for him or her by selling rather than telling. If people understand the benefits for them, then they’re more likely to respond in a positive manner to those who supervise them.

Managers, supervisors and team leaders need to experience the training undergone by their staff and then support the training outcomes by daily on the job coaching.

Successful Motivational Managers do not bribe or pay their staff to be successful. Incentives, bonuses and prizes are all acceptable; however, they will never replace attention and acknowledgement.

The successful motivational manager understands each member of their team and does not reward everyone in the same way.

Nervousness is vital; to be a successful Public Speaker, you need nerves. However, its how you handle the nerves, that will determine your success as a speaker.

If you dont feel confident in a particular situation, act or pretend to be confident. Walk into a room as if you own the place.

Motivational Managers know, that to get the best out of their team, they need to concentrate on human interactions and make an emotional connection with each individual team member

If customer’s leave an interaction with you or one of your team feeling better than they did before, then they’re much more likely to come back, recommend you to other people and spend more money with you.

 If you want to be successful, there were two things you really need. Lots of BRAIN ENERGY and lots of BODY ENERGY.

Instead of concentrating on dealing with difficult staff; it is much more productive to stop them being difficult in the first place. It’s a case of spending less time ‘fire fighting’ and more time on ‘fire prevention.’