One of the ways that you can be a person that people want to be around in the office place that people
want to connect with that people respond to as a leader is to offer genuine praise.
Let me give you an example here.
Napoleon Bonaparte is one of history's most successful military minds.
He was a hugely successful general and he was basically able to conquer most of Europe.
Napoleon didn't always have the biggest armies but with his armies did have his spirit and that was
because Napoleon motivated them.
Now let's get to the genuine part.
One thing that I found interesting when I was reading about Napoleon's approach to leadership is that
he would not hesitate to take a battalion who acted cowardly and do things like write on their banners.
These men have no place in the French army.
So he had no problem being honest but when he saw units that were performing excellently he would say
let's put something on their banner that says these are the most courageous men in France.
That kind of thing.
And I tell you his armies fought well above their weight.
And Napoleon obviously went on to do a lot of things in Europe he became emperor etc..
So my point here is that you want to be genuine and you want to tell people when they do a good job.
For example I would encourage you if you really want to exercise this strength next time you're at a
restaurant and you see somebody doing a great job.
Just tell them hey you're doing such a good job.
Thanks a lot.
I mean isn't that the kind of person you would want to be around.
Maybe I'm wrong here but in the workplace that kind of praise will get you a long way.
So here is a sample exercise.
So let's say that Raavan is new to the office.
She's an intern and she has been doing data entry for the last four hours.
What would you say to her.
I paused the video and then you can come back and see how I would handle the situation.
All right.
How I would handle this situation is I would tell Romand the meaning of what she's doing.
Connect the dots.
I would say something like Robin.
I see that you're here at the computer just rocking it.
You know the data that you put in there is used to reach out to our database and that's really important
the way that we stay in touch with people is the fuel for our marketing engine.
So thanks a lot for your hard work.
See that praise is genuine.
You're not lying in body.
You don't want to be a phone but when you see somebody doing good work be quick to tell them that they're
doing a good job.