If you lead a group or team of co-workers, accomplishing tasks requires more than expertise, talent, or a fancy title.  How you get others to step up to the plate may very well boil down to how you inspire and motivate them to go beyond the call of duty.  There are many ways to provide inspiration and motivation. Perks and incentives may be most popular, but a sincere and productive way is how you communicate.

Developing and delivering a personal message is one sure-fire method of inspiring and motivating a team. In How to Inspire Others to Do More, Entrepreneur guest writer Blair Singer covers how to craft a personal message to provide team inspiration and motivation. Here are a few highlights.

Reflect for a moment and think of six or seven stories in your past that changed the trajectory of your life. They could be disasters, huge wins or both. They could be from when you were the age of five to just last month. I suggest you take the time to write them down and reflect on what was common across all of them. If there was a recurring theme or message in all those instances, what was it? Allow this message to bleed through every presentation, every mentoring session, “rallying of the troops,” recruiting interview and project you lead. That is what makes you naturally inspirational. It is what ultimately moves others to action, getting them to step up to be better version of themselves, taking responsibility and helping you create a movement

It is these messages, delivered verbally and through your actions, that truly strike home in people’s hearts. Your ability to inspire behavioral change in others comes from more than numbers and incentives. It comes from who you are, where you have come from and what your message is to the world and to your team. Lead from there and you will inspire multitudes that you may never even meet. Be a legend and create a legacy.

Read the entire article at entrepreneur .com.