Motivating Self and Others

Course Number:  041-GO
Recommended Duration:  ½ Day or 1 Day

Intended Audience
Individuals looking to improve their ability to motivate themselves and others in a changing work environment.

Course Overview
This course covers the theory of motivation and the approach to take to encourage self and others to be motivated contributors.

Objectives
As a result of taking this course, you will learn to:

• Explain and apply motivation theory in the workplace
• Distinguish when to use internal versus external motivators
• Apply different forms of motivation as circumstances warrant
• Understand how to better motivate self and others for increased productivity and satisfaction

Prerequisites:  None

Topics

• Motivation Theory – Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

• What motivates an individual

• Use of honesty in motivation

• External vs. internal motivation triggers – understanding individuals’ personality preferences and what can be motivational to different personalities

• Use of incentives, rewards, and punishment

• Situational motivation – motivating self to motivate others

• Ways to foster motivation in others and teams

• Issues regarding how to motivate during changing times such as mergers and acquisitions, downsizing, and expansion

• Action planning to identify and plan for ways to better motivate self and others back on the job