What is Motivation?
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Motivation represents the driving factor behind every worker, leader and executive. It is what links personal performance with organisational aims. Therefore it is paramount to create an environment which promotes and sustains a motivated workforce.
The alignment of aims, purpose and values between staff, teams and organization is motivation's most fundamental aspect. The better the alignment and personal association with organizational aims, the better the platform for motivation. Where people find it difficult to align and associate with the organizational aims, then most motivational ideas and activities will have a reduced level of success.
Motivation is a complex area. It's different for each person. Nudge Theory is an example of a powerful change-management concept that emerged in the early 2000s. It is helpful in understanding, teaching, and, to a degree, managing the ways people's thinking and decisions are influenced by indirect factors, rather than by direct pressure.
Motivational receptiveness and potential in everyone changes from day to day, from situation to situation. Get the alignment and values right, and motivational methods work better. Motivational methods will not work if people and organisations are not aligned. People are motivated towards something they can relate to and believe in. Times have changed and people want more. You should view the following motivational methods and ideas as structures, and activities as building blocks, to be used when you have a solid foundation in place. The foundation is a cohesive alignment of people's needs and values with the aims and purpose of the organisation.
This course will educate leaders on motivational theory, and how to engage their workforce to gain the maximum possible benefits and productivity from the team. Discussed will be motivational theories described by some of the most renowned thinkers in the fields of leadership and business, such as McGregor, Handy, McClelland, Herzberg, Adams and Humphreys, and many more. Transactional approaches, such as using bonuses, are discussed, as are more transformational methods and inclusive employee engagement.