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One of the ways that you can be a person that people want to be around in the office place that people



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want to connect with that people respond to as a leader is to offer genuine praise.



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Let me give you an example here.



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Napoleon Bonaparte is one of history's most successful military minds.



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He was a hugely successful general and he was basically able to conquer most of Europe.



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Napoleon didn't always have the biggest armies but with his armies did have his spirit and that was



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because Napoleon motivated them.



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Now let's get to the genuine part.



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One thing that I found interesting when I was reading about Napoleon's approach to leadership is that



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he would not hesitate to take a battalion who acted cowardly and do things like write on their banners.



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These men have no place in the French army.



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So he had no problem being honest but when he saw units that were performing excellently he would say



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let's put something on their banner that says these are the most courageous men in France.



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That kind of thing.



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And I tell you his armies fought well above their weight.



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And Napoleon obviously went on to do a lot of things in Europe he became emperor etc..



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So my point here is that you want to be genuine and you want to tell people when they do a good job.



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For example I would encourage you if you really want to exercise this strength next time you're at a



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restaurant and you see somebody doing a great job.



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Just tell them hey you're doing such a good job.



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Thanks a lot.



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I mean isn't that the kind of person you would want to be around.



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Maybe I'm wrong here but in the workplace that kind of praise will get you a long way.



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So here is a sample exercise.



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So let's say that Raavan is new to the office.



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She's an intern and she has been doing data entry for the last four hours.



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What would you say to her.



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I paused the video and then you can come back and see how I would handle the situation.



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All right.



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How I would handle this situation is I would tell Romand the meaning of what she's doing.



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Connect the dots.



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I would say something like Robin.



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I see that you're here at the computer just rocking it.



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You know the data that you put in there is used to reach out to our database and that's really important



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the way that we stay in touch with people is the fuel for our marketing engine.



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So thanks a lot for your hard work.



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See that praise is genuine.



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You're not lying in body.



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You don't want to be a phone but when you see somebody doing good work be quick to tell them that they're



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doing a good job.