Motivation: Motivating Your Team and Yourself

Motivation: Motivating Your Team and Yourself

If you want to lead a self-managing and highly motivated team, this course if for you. It is intentionally short and to the point.

The instructor has authored ten books on management, leadership and motivation and has consulted with major corporations for more than forty years. This short courses distills the most critical lessons needed to motivate your team members.

A high performing team is highly self-managed and self-motivated. But, it is the manager who creates the conditions, the encouragement and provides the coaching that brings the team to this point of self-management. Creating a sense of worthy purpose is essential, as well as a team dynamic that creates bonds that unite the team and brings out their most positive energy. Caring and psychological safety have proven critical. You will learn how to build this sense of purpose, and create the social system that unites team members. 

You will also learn how to deal with negative behavior in the most positive way possible. 

In this course you will learn the following: 

• Identify Sources of Motivation that will motivate all team members.
• How to use both Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation
• How you can optimize Social Reinforcement from the team itself.
• How to develop a system of motivation in the organizaton. 
• How to analyze behavior and its influences using the ABC Model of Managing Behavior.
• How to use reinforcement schedules
• How to distinguish the difference between performance problems that require new skills versus motivation.

Why learn from me? I have helped almost one hundred companies develop systems of teamwork and motivation over the past forty years. These companies include Honda, Toyota, Shell Oil Company, Merck, American Express, 3M and many more. I have been hands-on in manufacturing, healthcare and technology companies. 

Learn and Practice The Most Critical Skills Every Team Leader Must Know

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What you will learn

• Identify sources of motivation in the three major types of motivation.
• Develop an analysis of problem behavior.
• Identify ways to improve the social motivation derived from team membership.

Rating: 4.50329

Level: All Levels

Duration: 2 hours

Instructor: Lawrence M. Miller, Institute for Leadership Excellence