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319 The Leadership Excellence Series Motivating People
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Saturday There are two types of people who can make money in bed, a millionaire … and well,
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Merriam-Webster Motivation The act or process of giving someone a reason for doing something: a force of influence that causes someone to do something.
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Understanding others Creating and maintaining Providing opportunities 1 Motivation means
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Understanding others Understanding others is what led me to getting a degree in Psychology
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The Double-Door Conundrum
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Abraham Maslow
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As a new Toastmaster, where should you start? As a new employee, where should you start?
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Have you seen this? Given to every new employee in my company This is great
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Where does this fit in our theory of self-actualization? Let me share a statistic with you
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70% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. - American Payroll Association “Getting Paid in America” survey How many of you have figured out why you are having problems getting people to pay their dues on time?
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Survival Where are these people?
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Given that 70% of people are living paycheck to paycheck how well does a flyer on Confidence motivate these people? Maybe we need to talk about the value and the benefit of being a Toastmaster Compare the cost to a college speech class
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Money Praise Public recognition More responsibility Promotion 2 Motivators The point is you can’t tell by looking where someone is at on this scale! This why we use different types of motivators
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Money Praise Public recognition More responsibility Promotion
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Money Praise Public recognition More responsibility Promotion
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Harry F Harlow
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Puzzling Rhesus Monkey Puzzle Monkeys figured out puzzle on their own Solved in under 60 seconds 2/3 of the time No one taught the monkeys No one rewarded the monkeys Rewards caused times to increase
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Tom had to whitewash aunt Polly’s fence
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In the late 1970s Studied children who liked to draw
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Expected AwardUnexpected AwardNo Award Given a certificate & ribbon BEFORE drawing pictures Given a certificate & ribbon AFTER drawing pictures Were given nothing for drawing pictures Drew about the same for the same length of time Drew LESS for a SHORTER amount of time How many of you are certain you would have been in the no award group?
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2009 London School of Economics Analyzed 50 studies of corporate pay for performance plans Financial incentives can result in a negative impact on performance.
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Two Types of Tasks Algorithmic Follows a set of instructions down a set path to one conclusion. Heuristic Requires experimentation where you have to devise a new solution.
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Two Types of Tasks
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Theresa Amabile Harvard Business School External Rewards work nicely for algorithmic tasks. They are devastating for heuristic tasks.
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Two Types of Tasks Algorithmic Follows a set of instructions down a set path to one conclusion. Heuristic Requires experimentation where you have to devise a new solution. What kind of tasks do you think we have in Toastmasters? Creating speeches Table Topics
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McKinsey & Company This makes sense Algorithmic work is getting automated and outsourced
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2009 London School of Economics Analyzed 50 studies of corporate “pay for performance” plans Financial incentives can result in a negative impact on performance. Think about it and it starts to make sense – go back to previous slide How many of you are starting to get some insight into why our traditional motivators don’t seem to work as well any more?
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Creating and Maintaining
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“People often say motivation doesn’t last. Neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” - Zig Ziglar
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Rewards Work Best Unexpected After the task is completed Intangible rather than Tangible Rewards do work, we just have to use them differently
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Unexpected Don’t reward Everything All the Time Intermittent Conditioning
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After the Task is Completed Avoid IF Then Rewards If you do this, then you’ll get this reward Presenting a reward before a task often sends the message the task is unpleasant Use Now That Rewards Now that you have done this, give a reward Presenting a reward often sends the message the task is unpleasant – this is why paying your kids to take out the garbage doesn’t work!
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Intangible Rewards Positive Feedback is still considered one of the best motivators Brad in the grocery store “You’re sure having a terrible time with that” And A grin, a wink, and a thumbs up
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Self Determination Theory Three Innate Needs Competence 1.Autonomy 1.Relatedness www.selfdeterminationtheory.org
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Self Determination Theory Three Innate Needs Competence 1.Autonomy 1.Relatedness www.selfdeterminationtheory.org
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Encourage team members to use their natural skills. 3 Competence
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The state of existing or acting separately from others. 3 Autonomy Let people chart their own course You may guide, suggest, mentor
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Two Types of Tasks Algorithmic Follows a set of instructions down a set path to one conclusion. Heuristic Requires experimentation where you have to devise a new solution.
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Belonging to the same group because of shared of characteristics and qualities. 3 Relatedness
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“Remember, we’re all in this alone.” - Lily Thomlin 3 Relatedness
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Incoming students buy more college branded apparel than almost all other students combined
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www.lift.do I’m a computer geek – did you really think you were going to get through this presentation without there being an app for this?
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Providing opportunities
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Do One Thing Select one behavior Chart your progress Make it a habit Repeat I did one thing this year – I got up and exercised every morning I’ve lost 6 pounds!
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Chart Your Progress Competent Communicator and Competent Leadership manuals are so important!
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Abraham Maslow
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Self Determination Theory Three Innate Needs Competence 1.Autonomy 1.Relatedness www.selfdeterminationtheory.org
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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. – John Quincy Adams, Sixth U.S. President 5 Conclusion
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