Motivational Skills

How to motivate yourself and your team

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Employee Involvement Programmes

Participative Management

Representative Participation

Work Councils

Quality Circles

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Action steps to Motivate YOURSELF !

1. Positive affirmations2. Positive & Polite language3. Relax & Exercise4. Take risks5. Positive reading6. Positive visualizations7. Thinking BIG8. Set goals – SMART!9. Positive appearance10. Helping others

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Job Design for Motivation

Apply motivational theories to improve productivity and satisfaction.

Approaches to job design:1. Job Simplification2. Job Rotation3. Job Enlargement4. Job Enrichment.

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1. Job Simplification

Reducing the number of tasks one person must do

Remove complexity by designing tasks to be simple, repetitive and standardized.

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2. Job Rotation

Employees move from one job to another.

Increases the number of different tasks an employee performs without increasing the complexity of any one job.

Has the advantage of engineering efficiencies

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3. Job Enlargement

Horizontally expanding a job.

Instead of only one job, be responsible for three or four.

Avoids job boredom

Reduces dissatisfaction of with over simplified jobs.

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4. Job Enrichment

Vertical expansion of jobs. It increases the employee’s

control of the planning, execution and evaluation of his job.

Worker does a complete activityIncreases the employees freedom and independence. Increases responsibility Provides feedback Individual will be able to assess

and correct performance

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Managerial Implication

No universal theory of approach

Motivation is a complex process

Reward system is a powerful tool

Manager is the key in the motivation process

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Managers should…

Recognize individual differences Match people to jobs Ensure that goals are perceived as

attainable Individual rewards Link rewards to performance Check the system for equity Do not ignore monetary rewards

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Motivating your less productive employees

Workplace conditions Rules and regulations Levels of bureaucracy Management style Individual job content and status Recognition of achievement Delegation and empowerment Feedback

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Take care of little things Be an active listener Walk your talk Let people know they make a difference Communicate clearly Help others succeed Focus your team on the goal Create high standards Help your subordinates compete and win Reward outstanding achievement

Motivating your less productive employees

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Motivational tips!!!

Let go of the past Remember success Realize the possibilities Dream the BIG dream Thinking your way to change A daily habit to begin today Get excited about what to come

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Take ownership What DON’T you want? Get specific WHO are you living for? Search for success stories Educate yourself Measure your success Ask yourself a question What's holding you BACK??

Motivational tips!!!

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Ways to motivate today’s Employees

Personal Reward and Recognition Take time to meet and listen to your

employees Provide specific feedback Encourage new ideas and initiative Provide information Sense of ownership in work and work

environment Opportunity to grow and learn new skills Involve people in decisions, ESPECIALLY

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SelfActualization

!! EGO !!

Belonging…

+ SAFETY +

SURVIVAL

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

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