In discussing leadership communication certain themes remain consistent and one is that the issue of employee
motivation and performance. Motivation is usually a reason or set of reasons for engaging in a particular behavior
and Adair (2006) interprets the work of Herzberg and Maslow to mean that to motivate, one must be motivated and
select people who are also self-motivated. Leadership is also often synonymous with influence where a leader
influences the members to do something positive that helped the organization and that motivation is a perennial
challenge built into leadership and it is a part of a manager’s job (DuBrin, 2000). Thus, the combination of
motivation and influence creates a dynamic leadership style and employees often rely on their manager’s motivation
to handle internal and external challenges to their job functions.