In his book THE HEART OF A LEADER, author Ken Blanchard points out the need to encourage people along the way, not just at the final destination:<\/p>\n
\u201cMany well-intentioned leaders wait to praise their people until they do things exactly right — complete the project or accomplish the goal. The problem here is that they could wait forever. You see \u2018exactly right\u2019 behavior is made up of a whole series of approximately right behaviors. It makes more sense to praise progress — it\u2019s a moving target.<\/p>\n
\u201cCan you imagine standing a child up and saying, \u2018Walk,\u2019 and when he falls down you say, \u2018I told you to walk!\u2019 and then spank him. Of course not. You stand the child up and he wobbles a bit. You shout, \u2018You stood!\u2019 and shower him with hugs and kisses. The next day, he wobbles a step and you are all over him with praise. Gradually, the child gains confidence until he finally walks. It\u2019s the same with adults. Catch them doing things right — and in the beginning, approximately right is fine.\u201d<\/p>\n
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from THE HEART OF A LEADER by Ken Blanchard, Honor Books, 1999, p. 9<\/p>\n
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[Original illustration at this number was a duplicate of HolwickID #5087]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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