Lose the Blues: Get Motivated!

Darron Grussendorf (as Jake) Senior Corporate Trainer, TG

Tom Rebstock (as Elwood) Assistant Team Manager, Corporate Learning, TG

Set list

The Classics

• Review motivation researchFan Favorites

• Characteristics of a highly motivated financial aid office

Jam Session

• Ways to make it happenThe Big Closer

• Reflection and commitment

Revisiting the Classics: A Review of Motivation Research

Frederick Herzberg, The Motivation to Work (1959)

1. External factors (hygienes) can act as de-motivators

Poor working conditions

Low pay

Interpersonal conflict, etc.

2. Removing de-motivators does not motivate performance

Frederick Herzberg, The Motivation to Work (1959)

3. Worker fulfillment comes from intrinsic factors within the job itself:

Achievement

Growth

Challenge

Recognition, etc.

Kenneth Kovoch (1995)

• Workers really want– Interesting work

– Full appreciation of the work they do

– The feeling of “being in on things”

– Job security

– Good pay

Dr. Carter McNamara, Myths about Employee Motivation

• Myth #1: I can motivate people– Employees have to motivate themselves.

However, you can create an environment where they can best motivate and empower themselves.

http://www.managementhelp.org/guiding/motivate/basics.htm

Dr. Michael Cakrt of the Czech Republic

“Eidetic Variations”

Images recalled from actual experience

Eidetic variations

• Recall images/experiences of HIGH motivation

• Recall images/experiences of NEGATIVE motivation

• Recall images/experiences of NO motivation

Ingredients for a highly motivated workforce(Fan favorites)

Ways to Make it Happen (Jam Session)

How can we create ________ in our workplace?

Herzberg’s CAR Motivation Cycle

Challenge

Recognition

Achievement

Reflection and Commitment“The Big Closer”

Reflection

What can I do in my financial aid office to create an environment in which high levels of motivation occur?

Commitment

I personally commit to ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

in order to create a more motivating work environment.

“If you attempt to manage people according to a list of items they want, all you become is a waitress. Motivation-hygiene theory furnishes a map for ‘What do people want?’ that connects the strategic with the tactical, with the DNA of human motivation.”

— Frederick Herzberg, 1993

Questions?

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