* Offer personal thoughts and genuine feelings to emphasize value of work-related learning from unsuccessful or difficult experiences (as trial, error, and self-correction and not as growth-limiting failures).
* Select related examples from own life (and experiences as mentor of other employees) based on probable motivational value.
* Provide a direct, positive belief in employees through realistic assessment of their ability to commit to and achieve attainable goals.
* Express a confident view of appropriate “risktaking” as necessary to pursue opportunities for personal, training, educational, and career development.
* Make statements that clearly encourage personal actions to fulfill expressed objectives.
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