Inspiring and Motivating Others Gary L. Hickman

glhickman@charter.net

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Inspiration

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Motivation

• Understand the difference between Inspiring and Motivating

• Understand the hierarchy of needs and how it applies to motivation

• Developing the conditions for inspiring and motivating– Coworkers/Employees– Volunteers

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Session Objectives

Session Outline

• Session Outline – A Definition of Terms– What Motivates Ourselves/Others– What Inspires Ourselves/Others– How to use this at Work– How to use this in Voluntary

Organizations

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Definitions

Inspiration: Stimulation of the mind or emotions to a high level of feeling or activity

- Thefreedictionary.com

Motivation: The general desire or willingness of someone to do something

- Google.com

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More on Motivation

• Intrinsic– Based on the enjoyment of the activity

• Physical• Beauty• Self Actualization

• Extrinsic– Driven to attain an outcome– Externally driven

• Base Needs

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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs(and the Hawthorne studies)

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13Yosemite Falls

Inspiration from Ideas

• Scientific/Engineering– Lightening is Electricity – Ben Franklin– Antibiotics– Segway– Internet

• Societal– We hold these truths to be self evident…– Judged not by the color of their skin but

the content of their character

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Inspiring Others – Where Does It Come From?

• External vs Internal Inspiration• Examples

– JFK – On the moon within the decade• The Wow Factor

• Achievable

• Focused• Instantly Understandable

– Lincoln – The Gettysburg Address• What are we doing here?

– Ford – Build me an 8 cylinder engine

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Inspiring Others – Key Elements

• Think Big and Noble – Inspiration drives the mind or the heart

• Be Expressive • Help others to fulfill their needs• Offer a Guiding Hand• Stay Positive• Set the Conditions

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Motivating Others

• At Work – One Can Rely on Authority– What does the hierarchy of needs tell

us?– What do the Hawthorne studies tell us?– How can we use this?

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Motivating Others

• Motivating Volunteers– There is no direct authority – What does the hierarchy of needs tell

us?– What do the Hawthorne studies tell us?– How can we use this?

– It’s all about relationships

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Three Ways ASME Inspired Me

• Volunteer Organization – with Staff• Broad Scope• (Old) ASME Mission Statement

To promote and enhance the technical To promote and enhance the technical competency and professional well-being competency and professional well-being of our members,of our members,

and through quality programs and activities and through quality programs and activities in mechanical engineering, in mechanical engineering,

better enable its practitioners to contribute better enable its practitioners to contribute to the well-being of humankind.to the well-being of humankind.

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Two Illustrations

• The Factory– Minor Problem, Repeated, Big Problem– Solution Created– Problem Resolved – but where was the

problem?– A Better Solution?

• Communication Styles– Authoritarian– Persuasive

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Summary of Key Points

• Summary – Inspiration and Motivation are

related but different– Motivation is understanding needs

and helping others fulfill them.• Depends on Authority or

Relationships

– Inspiration is “Aha!!!”• Depends on Conditions

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