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In today's day and age, people effortlessly equate the business environment to a battlefield, and rightly so! In many ways, business is a battle of strategies, tactics, wits, and character. This is where business leaders are like military leaders—they all fight for dominance and profit.
It is well known that there are several components of military training that can be vital in the corporate domain. There are numerous lessons that corporate managers can learn from military on motivation, team building, goal orientation, and organizational culture.
Leadership Lessons from the Military articulates what lessons from military leadership can be applied to the business context and how to go about it. The book shows how executives can leverage time—tested military practices to create lasting competitive advantage. Business leaders can learn how military leaders tie individual goals with the organizational goals, resulting in a highly motivated and committed workforce, which, in turn, augments organizational efficiency and enhances employee productivity and retention.
Workforce Motivation
Workforce Motivation
The U.S. Army Handbook (1973) explained motivation in an army as “[a] person's motivation is a combination of desire and energy directed at achieving a goal. It is the cause of action. Influencing someone's motivation means getting them to want to do what you know must be done.”1 Motivation can be defined as the thrust that propels a person to some action or behavior. The word “motivate” means to provide reasons for action. Motivation, thus, can be explained as a reason for which one exerts to put effort. This motivation is derived from individual needs, wants, and drives.2
Motivation can be described as an individual's willingness and persistence to accomplish a particular task. It is generally dependent on two factors; one is the ...