Day-in-day-out drudgery is the nemesis of employee engagement. The challenge for leaders is not simply how to engage, but how to reengage others when drudgery has set in. When the drama is forgotten, when the sense of purpose is diminished, leaders must reinvigorate others be reaffirming the common coalition mindset by reengaging their role by:
1. Reinvigorating the vision
2. Reinforcing the benefits
3. Sustaining the optimism
4. Maintaining credibility

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Often leaders are fantastic on getting people on their side, mobilizing grand coalitions, and then they drop the ball. Last night after the elections, there were numerous discussions as to what happened to the Obama coalition–is it around, is it dissipated? If the Obama coalition was still around, what happened to the independent voters?  Why did the vote go disproportionately Republican when a year ago independents voted disproportionally Democrat?
The Obama administration seems to be in …