One word – incentivize. Yes, the one thing business leaders and CEOs alike are dying to know is rooted in motivation. A person’s desire to strive toward meaning, purpose, and success. So what can we do to continue encouraging our top performers before the fear of losing them kicks in? Well, what better way to find out than by asking celebrated entrepreneur, speaker, mentor, and best-selling author Natalie Dawson?
Businesses that excel with no exception are those that attain the purpose, embrace self-actualization and then share their expertise and mastery with others. In other words, bosses, CEOs, and businesses should focus on the people around them – to succeed.
After all, “collaboration is the new currency,” shares Natalie Dawson; Co-Founder and President of Cardone Ventures. You see, by finding a way to benefit the greater good, you’ll stay motivated, and in turn, this mindset shift will allow your business to maintain its victory over time.
However, if becoming successful is a phrase you are used to saying by now, then think about what you will focus on in 2023. What are you going to create? The ball is in your court, and hitting that peak is only the beginning.
For years Natalie Dawson – an expert in developing people and building scalable teams – has been an unstoppable force in the business world, helping businesses excel like never before.
Thanks to her specialty in business development and employee alignment, business leaders, bosses, and CEOs are transforming their once unmotivated office space into an exceptionally energetic drive.
However, the one thing that keeps popping up on her doorstep is one of incentive – a question pointing to a victor’s top performers. Namely, how do we motivate them? Top performers are talented people who commit themselves to your business 100%. They are the high achievers of the team.
But when talented employees feel demoralized by slow upward advancement, bosses need to develop interim strategies to help these employees get their underlying needs met. Living below your worth is something that entrepreneur, speaker, mentor, and best-selling author Natalie Dawsonbelieves is a no-go.
“To build a truly high-performing culture, you have to set clear boundaries that you use as the foundation of what behavior you want, and what won’t be tolerated,” Dawson claims. “Once you locate that base of why the business exists and where it’s going, you’ve got to find where you’re dedicating your time.”
However, the world-renowned business guru believes only some leaders make the right purpose-driven missions they deserve.
“I think most business owners are so afraid to set that target and make those goalposts because they’re afraid they’re never going to achieve it. Whereas it should be reframed in their mind as something that’s going to be exciting.”
Your mission should be so significant that it gets you and your team up feeling refreshed and ready to attack the day every morning. So, if you have a top performer that you want to create a strong incentive around, one of Dawson’s main focus points would be to make time for one-to-ones.
“This is gold for top performers,” affirms Dawson. “They want feedback. They want to know how to be better. Therefore, in the one-to-one, provide them structure so they can get that from you.”
They come in many forms, like tuition reimbursement, more time off, and additional flexibility in work arrangements. But for any of you visual embracers out there, coming in at #27 is one of Dawson’s infamous Podcast episodes entitled: how to conduct a one-to-one. This is an in-depth conversation you need to hear.
Throughout the broadcast, she “walks you through the steps to conduct an effective one on one meeting with your employees or team” and provides viewers with the importance of having these proactive, intentional conversations.
Another answer Dawson gives to millions of leaders asking this question of motivation is emphasizing the need for business moguls to hold top performers accountable.
Top performers may require constant feedback, but when it comes to the grind, they also expect their figureheads to ask questions to hold them accountable in the environment.
“If a top performer approached me and said that they wanted to be better, do bigger things or make more money, it is now my sole job as a leader to help you get there,” articulates Dawson. “But for that to happen, I must tell you things you may not want to hear.”
She continues, “they may not like it at the moment, they may even quit on themselves in the moment– it could even be the last thing you want to do, but the aim is to eliminate the up-and-down underlying pattern of top performers that are undermining themselves.”
After successfully launching three 6-figure courses on leadership development, team alignment, and business growth alone, Natalie Dawson’s book, TeamWork: How to Build a High-Performance Team, has since soared to the top of the charts.
“If you have ever wished your people were more engaged, motivated, or aligned with your goals, pick up several copies for you AND your employees and study it TOGETHER,” Dawson says.
With extensive experience uplifting others and a must-have scale-up mindset, Dawson has helped businesses grow ten times more prominent than ever.
She has helped over $500m of businesses under management soar purely because Dawson and her team are passionate about helping entrepreneurs achieve their personal, professional, and financial goals by showing them specific scaling strategies.
By using her unique blend of operational and financial skill sets to align employees with the business’s objectives of maximizing results on investment, Dawson has formed wonders for teams in the workplace.
So to dive deeper into the genius behind Dawson, tap on her socials: Youtube / Instagram / LinkedIn, or head to her best-selling book to learn more about how to answer one of the most asked questions in business.