Purpose
To initiate participants into the testing but rewarding world of getting the best from their colleagues.
Objective
By the end of this training, participants will know how to motivate and inspire.
Overview
This training – typically a seminar followed by a 1:1 coaching session for each participant – uses the range of specialist Communication-Skills techniques to show how to empower and energise others to do their best by A) looking for positive attributes B) concretely reinforcing them and C) promoting confidence and optimism.
It’s designed for those in leadership positions faced with the challenges of motivating their teams in demotivating situations. It follows that both content and approach are challenging too.
Motivators and Inspirers create a climate in which people want to do their best. They can assess the strengths of other people and use those strengths to get the most from them. People like both to be with them and to work with them. The practical and highly participatory content includes:
Impact: Analysing what creates impact. Transforming impact from a “gift” to a “skill”. Recognising the effect we have on others, conscious or otherwise.
Authenticity: Getting “real” about what drives us. Becoming truly authentic in our professional behaviour. Understanding how to sense and build on the values of others.
Self-Motivation: Understanding what motivates us – then making that understanding work for us.
Rapport: Connecting genuinely with others. (Connection starts with that word “authenticity”. Connection is essential to changing the focus and energy of teams.)
Recognition: Learning to see what drives those around us. Using that awareness to move people towards a goal.
Purpose: Inspiring people by arousing their sense of purpose.
Learning: Using our basic desire to learn as a motivational tool.
Effective Feedback: Perceiving the value of this vital means to motivate through “recognition as reward”.
Pressure: Keeping motivated when the pressure increases; for instance, when we have to motivate the team with fewer resources.
Inspiring Behaviour: Knowing and practicing the behaviours that inspire those around us to strive – both face-to-face and at a distance.
Practice: Practising is the only way to gain confidence and achieve real change.
