HELP YOUR EMPLOYEESDEVELOP HUNGER

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2Help Your Employees Develop Hunger

Employee development is an important part of a manager’s responsibilities, and managers should strive to develop ideal team players—people who naturally facilitate successful teamwork.

3Help Your Employees Develop Hunger

Ideal team players have a blend of three core virtues, one of which is hunger.

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It’s the least sensitive and nuanced of the three virtues, but it can often be the most diffi cult to cultivate.

5Help Your Employees Develop Hunger

It’s one thing to set goals and motivateemployees to increase productivity.

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But it’s quite another feat to change someone’s ability to self-motivate or boost his or her desire to go the extra mile.

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Many people lacking in hunger actually do want to be more productive and engaged at work.

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Managers can cultivate that hunger by lighting a fl ame around the mission and setting clear expectations.

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LIGHT A FLAME

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Employees may need helpconnecting their jobs to the overall mission of the teamor organization.

LIGHT A FLAME

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Managers can set an example bydescribing their personal motivation for their work and connection to the mission.

LIGHT A FLAME

SET EXPECTATIONS

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It’s important to establish performance targets andbehavioral expectations.

SET EXPECTATIONS

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Managers must then hold their employees accountable to these targets, be unafraid to remind them of expectations, and acknowledge growth when they see it.

SET EXPECTATIONS

Learn more about helping your employees develop the core virtues of an ideal team player.

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Adapted from The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate the Three Essential Virtues