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S7 Ep9: Leading the Unmotivated — Strategies for Boosting Team Engagement
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Welcome back to Your Path to Career Success, the podcast that helps you build the skills, confidence, and strategies to thrive in your career.
In this 12-minute episode, we’re tackling one of the trickiest leadership challenges: how to effectively lead and reignite motivation when your team seems disengaged or running on empty. Whether you're managing a team struggling with low morale, or you’re facing that uphill battle of trying to rally people who just don’t seem interested, this episode will give you the tools, mindset shifts, and practical strategies to turn things around.
Because here’s the truth: motivation isn’t about hype — it’s about clarity, connection, and trust. And as a leader, you have more power than you think to create the conditions where engagement naturally grows.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
• Why Motivation Dips Happen – Spot the hidden signs before they escalate and understand the root causes behind low engagement.
• The Leadership Traps That Drain Energy – Avoid common mistakes that unintentionally kill motivation, even with the best intentions.
• What Really Drives Motivation – Discover why it’s rarely about pay or perks, and what actually sparks commitment and energy in your team.
• How to Reignite Ownership and Purpose – Practical strategies to help your team feel connected, valued, and ready to step up.
• Leading with Empathy and Accountability – Find the balance between kindness and clear expectations, even when morale is low.
• What to Do When You’re Feeling Unmotivated – Because you can’t pour from an empty cup — leadership starts with recharging yourself too.
So if you’re ready to shift from managing disengagement to nurturing momentum — and to lead in a way that brings out the best in your people — this episode is for you.
Because the good news? You don’t need a perfect team to build engagement. Just the willingness to lead a little differently.
What next?
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Useful Resources:
🎧 Further Listening & Reading
- "Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us" by Daniel H. Pink
- "Leaders Eat Last" by Simon Sinek
- "Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter" by Liz Wiseman
- "The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace" by Gary Chapman & Paul White
🎧 Podcasts & Talks
- Brené Brown’s "Dare to Lead" Podcast
Fantastic episodes on leadership, empathy, and creating engaged, connected teams. - **Simon Sinek’s TED Talk: "How Great Leaders Inspire Action"
A classic but always relevant when thinking about purpose-driven motivation.
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