A one-day workshop
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.
- 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
Expert trainer
Amanda is a highly experienced coach and facilitator specialising in providing leadership coaching, management development programmes and facilitation services to the public, private and voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sectors. Her work in the public service sector, in particular, has so far extended to facilitation sessions, focus groups, team development, personal effectiveness skills training, customer service training, performance management training, and specialist leadership and management programmes.
Session outline
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 / 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
