Article: The four career concepts: managers can learn how to better develop their people by learning how they're motivated. (Management Tools: Supervisor Resources).

Becoming an effective "people developer" is a way of differentiating yourself as a leader among managers and can revive your professional sense of purpose. Research on effective leadership and being a good developer of your staff consistently shows that managers must understand each employee's motivations and manage him accordingly. One size does not fit all. What works for one person does not work for the next. This is common wisdom. But how effective managers do this is harder to pin down.

The "career concept" is one way to help you better understand your employees and, therefore, get more out of them. This approach is based on the work of Michael Driver, ...

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