In this module, you examined strategies that leaders use to empower and motivate their employees, helping them find meaning in their work and invest in the organization's mission and vision. Discuss the features of strategic leadership and the best practices of motivation with your classmates by answering the following questions

1. One small-business owner says they do not share their mission, vision, and strategy with their employees because it is a waste of time. Why is it important to individual and organizational success that employees are aware of their employer's mission, vision, and strategy? What does it mean to be a strategic leader? How could the leaders of these companies more effectively promote this information to people inside and outside the organization?
2. The same small-business owner says they do not incentivize their sales representatives because they try to sabotage one another to get more business and stop paying attention to smaller accounts. How might you use at least two of the motivational principles you learned about this week to motivate high performers without promoting the wrong type of behavior?
3. How is the job characteristic "making progress in meaningful work" relevant to both strategic leadership and employee motivation? Why do you think employees rank this job characteristic as one of the most important to their level of motivation, according to recent studies and polls?