In this episode of Dynamic Range Leadership, Brian explores why your motivation is not a private issue but part of your team’s working conditions. He argues that motivation rarely precedes action, and that as a leader your visible motion is often the key that unlocks your team’s momentum.
Brian breaks down common traps like “false motivation” that only appears under deadline pressure, and the paralysis that comes from ambiguity masquerading as caution. He explains how dopamine and locus of control shape whether your team experiences work as anxious scrambling or steady, meaningful progress.
Finally, he offers a simple structure for creating motion: carving out thinking time, walking into meetings with a draft plan and open hands, assigning clear next steps, and modeling visible follow through yourself. The episode ends with two questions for reflection: Where is your team waiting on you to move first, and what is one small visible step you can take this week to change that climate.
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