A leader's enthusiasm and motivation toward a job is often communicable to other employees. Motivation begins with a leader, so it is critical that leaders have a thorough understanding of what motivates them. Different leaders have different underlying motivational factors. For example, an instrumental leader derives motivation from extrinsic sources such as pay and promotions. (Scholl, 2003) An external self-concept leader is “dominated by receiving public affirmation that the group's successes are due to his or her efforts and abilities.” (Scholl, 2003) Subordinates are rarely given credit by an external leader with a self-concept. In contrast, “leaders dominated by external self-concept motivation are more interpersonally based.” (Scholl, 2003) Public recognition is less motivating and less important for this type of leader than for the latter. (Scholl, 2003) Because leaders better understand the factors that motivate themselves, they can motivate better