This training day will help managers explore what they need to do to create a motivating environment at work and learn some theory, tools and ideas to inspire motivation at individual and team level.
Motivation is a key factor in effective people management and successful team performance. It involves engaging and inspiring your people and developing them in such ways as to improve their effectiveness and thus have a greater benefit to customers. It can also involve having tough conversations with those who do not seem to be motivated.
By the end of the workshop participants will be able to:
Identify key motivating factors at work and learn and create ideas to better engage staff
Learn a conversation tool to use for challenging discussions
Explain their role in motivating staff and understand a range of techniques and approaches to use in the workplace
Review learning and have an action plan to take back and implement at work
1 Welcome, housekeeping, objectives
Breaking the ice
Setting personal objectives
2 Group work: identifying personal motivators and where they come from
3 Defining motivation
The characteristics of a motivated team
Input and group discussion
4 Factors impacting on motivation at work
Using pre-work to identify challenges, hotspots and obstacles
Feedback in plenary
Exploring the benefits of motivation that address current challenges and agreeing outcomes for change
5 Commitment vs. compliance - organisational engagement and the manager's approach to buy in
6 Team challenge task using a theory about motivation
Trainer input and review in plenary
7 Group task - complete a plan for individuals identified in pre-workshop task
8 Skill / will - a motivation tool: trainer input, followed by tasks that are assessed and discussed in peer groups
1-2-1 feedback task on approaches and plans to be taken back and used at work
Feedback and plenary review
9 DEAL - a conversation tool: how to construct a conversation plan about motivation with an individual
Peer professional 1-2-1s to practice the discussion planned and gain feedback
10 Review, evaluation and action planning