1. Welcome to: Motivating at Work
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2. Course Objectives During this session participants will learn:
What makes employees happy
How to motivate through empowerment
Five steps to success
How to put this new knowledge to work in their area
How to create a plan to begin or continue a positive mentoring relationship
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3. Agenda Introduction 20 minutes
Module 1: Create the Motivating Workplace
50 minutes
Module 2: Motivating Through Empowerment
80 minutes
Lunch Break
30 minutes
Module 3: Five Steps to Success
170 minutes
Module 4: Practice What You’ve Learned
Conclusion
10 minutes
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4. Why Employees Don’t Get the Job Done!
They don’t know how
Something or someone keeps them from it
They don’t want to
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5. Maslow’s Hierarchy
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6. Maslow’s Hierarchy and the Top Ten
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7. Exercise: Empowering the Team
The ABC Toy Company
Each team becomes a product development and marketing team
Design a toy for next year’s launch
Use the office supplies provided
Name your product
Describe the target audience
Have fun and participate
Select a spokesperson to “sell” the product
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8. Five Steps to Success L earn to Lead E xamine Expectations
A ct Like You Care
R espect Employees as Professionals
N ever Stifle Personal Growth
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9. Learn to Lead Two key skills: Be efficient
Teach employees to think for themselves
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10. Share the Vision Our job as leaders is to help others to: See it!
Want it!
Reach it!
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11. Learn to Listen Treat employees as professionals Request the details
Make no value judgments
Reply as soon as possible
Consider the “hidden” message
Provide follow-up opportunities
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12. Four Personality Types
The Pioneer
Wheeler Dealer
Captain Caution
Systems Thinker
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13. Respect Employees as Professionals
Two keys:
Treat people with respect
Offer recognition when earned
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14. Never Stifle Personal Growth
List several ways your organizations could be more innovative and encourage personal growth.
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15. Become an Innovative Organization
Attitude
Commitment
Ground Rules
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