John Kotter Model

What is Motivation ?

* Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it

* Motivation is the force that drives our actions

Motivation Factors

External Rewards

* Salary

* Benefits

* Working Conditions

Internal Rewards

* Achievement

* Responsibility

* Feedback

* Career Advancement & Growth

* Recognition

* Working conditions

* Company policies

* Job security

No Motivation leads to

* Lower productivity

* Decreased sales

* No creativity

Reasons why people leave their jobs

* Company Culture - Values

* Lack of Learning Opportunities

* Level of Responsibility

* Lack of challenge – Job role, Mentoring

* Team Work – job structure, project m reports

* Goals

* Salary

* Lack of training / Communication

What Employess Want ?

* Honest

* Fairness & Respect - Treat Employees with fairness & respect

* Trust

* Appreciation - thank your employees (individually) and express appreciation for hard work

Characteristics of poor supervisors / Managers

* Control freaks

* Possessive

* Insecure

* Workaholics

Strategies for Motivation

Motivating employees starts with motivating yourself

Establish goals that are SMARTER

SMARTER goals are: specific, measurable, acceptable, realistic, timely, extending of capabilities, and rewarding to those involved.

Have one-on-one meetings with each employee

Employees are motivated more by your care and concern for them than by your attention to them. Get to know your employees, their families, their favorite foods, names of their children, etc.

Reward team and individual performance

Focus on employee behaviors, not on employee personalities. Performance in the workplace should be based on behaviors toward goals.

Celebrate achievements

Acknowledge and celebrate a solution to a problem is as important as the solution...