IMechE Training Webinar Inspiring and Motivating others

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Today’s moderator

Andrew Bailey

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Today’s speaker

Andy Webber

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• Define motivation and inspiration

• Explore some fundamentals of leadership

• Understand the role of the team

• Review some motivation theories

• Look at individuals and motivation

Agenda

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What are the

• Differences?

• Similarities?

Motivation and Inspiration

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A reason or reasons for acting

or behaving in a particular way

Fill someone with the urge or ability

to do or feel something, especially

to do something creative

Definitions

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Leaders

…are going somewhere.

And have followers…

…who want to go there too.

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Striking the Balance

John Adair - Action Centred Leadership

Team Individual

Task

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Team Performance Diagnostic

• Roles

• Purpose and objectives

• Trust

• Communication and Relationships

• Adaptability

• Team Profile

• Leadership

• Processes

• Productivity

• Morale

• Empowerment

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“Performance is both the cause

and effect of teams”

Katzenbach and Smith

Source: The Wisdom of Teams, Katzenbach and Smith

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Team

• Social beings

• “Feeling”

• Support

• Interdependence

• Morale

• Purpose

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• Hierarchy of Needs, Maslow

• Two-Factor theory, Herzberg

• X and Y theory, Macgregor

Motivation theories

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Dan Pink

• Task

• Intrinsic

• Extrinsic

• Autonomy

• Mastery

• Purpose

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Dan Ariely

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Efficiency

Dan Ariely

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Meaningvs

IndustrialRevolution

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Efficiency

Dan Ariely

Adam Smith Karl Marx

IndustrialRevolution

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KnowledgeEconomy

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Efficiency

Dan Ariely

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KnowledgeEconomy

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Personalise motivation

• Professional/personal needs

• Career aspirations

• Personal style

• McClelland

• Achievement

• Power/Influence

• Affiliation

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Summary

• Motivation and inspiration are more similar than different

• Leaders need to juggle needs

• Think of teams as a whole…

• …AND consider individuals too!

• Focus on intrinsic motivators

• Meaning is important

• Individuals need different things (!)

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Thank you!

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• Action-centred leadership, John Adair

• TPD: http://www.imeche.org/learning-and-development/business/performance-diagnostic-tools/team-performance-diagnostic

• The Wisdom of Teams, Katzenbach and Smith

• Hierarchy of Needs, Maslow

• Two-Factor theory, Herzberg

• X and Y theory, Macgregor

• Dan Pink: http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation?language=en

• Dan Ariely: https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_what_makes_us_feel_good_about_our_work

• Need Theory, David McClelland

References

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Any questions?