As a professional leadership speaker, I am firmly of the belief that motivation is the 'programming language of the soul'. Professionals like myself can improve the lives of employees, and thus the bottom lines of businesses, using worships and keynote presentations. In today's ultracompetitive business environment, with the added stress of the economic state, keeping your employees motivated and optimistic is more important than ever.

Anything done in a business environment requires multiple interactions between various people and groups, and all of those interactions have motivational implications. Each time you communicate with a superior or subordinate, you convey your mood to them, and that mood will affect their own, whether either of you realize it or not. Getting the attitude in the workplace aligned correctly causes a mutually-supporting environment where each interaction reinforces the positive attitude of each person by exposing him to the positive attitude of the other. In this way, a single well-performed motivational exercise can have a profound and long-lasting impact on a company.

Make no mistake - motivation, and motivational speaking, are complex and sometimes ambiguous subjects that are as much art as science. That said, it is a strong tactic for managers and companies as whole entities to have motivational speakers come and present to them. New managers, or managers who have not studied motivation, will benefit from a motivational speaker not just in terms of being motivated themselves, but also an exercise in learning how to motivate their subordinates.

It's rare that modern managers stop and consider how we interact with others, and the impact that others have on our behavior and values. Some mangers have an appearance of success, but are despised by many, and cost the company dearly in terms of morale. Having a leadership speaker come and present may not only help those who the unfortunate manager has harmed, but also show that manager how his attitude has hurt his company by convincing him to examine his interactions with his coworkers.

Motivating people is serious work, with influences from the psychological and environmental to the spiritual and physiological. The factors that count in to an individual's motivation vary from individual to individual and indeed from hour to hour. Only a trained professional motivation leader has the knowledge to use the 'programming language of the soul' to acquire the desired effect -- a harmonious, effective workplace that will maintain its own upbeat efficiency for months to come.

John Hersey is a successful business owner, published author and motivational leadership speaker. John writes one of the most recognized leadership blogs in the business world: http://www.JohnHersey.com/blog