Feb 15, 2015
Overview of Episode #2.
The following topics are covered:
- Quickly increase your level of
personal enthusiasm, resilience, and motivation … and those of your
team members using the Workplace Motivators Assessment and the MORE
Motivation Method.
- Interview with national speaker
and trainer: Doug Smart of Strengths International
- Full Show Notes Available
Here.
Topic #1 - When We Don't
Focus on Our Strengths:
- Story about
Poet Ted Hughes. How a visit from a fox helped him make
decisions better aligned with his intrinsic motivation, and he
found success.
Topic # 2: How to Get
MORE Motivation - Four Steps:
- Insight into
your top intrinsic motivation question:
"While working at
__(insert where you work)__ I want to
gain... ___(fill-in the
blanks)___."
- The MORE Motivation Method:
M = Strengths Matter
O = Observe and List
R = Refuel Daily, Check Blind spots
E = Embrace Differences
- Five Simple Observe and List
Actions You Can Take:
1) Pay attention to what you are
compelled to do
2) Review your answer to "While
working at... I want to gain..."
3) Reflect upon what did not work for
you - what's the opposite?
4) Take 15 minutes of Tune In Time
every day. (= 1% a day)
5) Review past assessments or
take a Workplace Motivators Assessment. (Talent Insights Sample
Report)
Topic # 3: Why the Workplace
Motivators Assessment is so valuable and what the six motivators
are:
Once you know what your top two motivators are you can focus
there, spending time more time doing those things. And, as
you do that, your energy and self esteem grows stronger, and
stronger.
There are Six Workplace Motivators – As I list them thing about
which two most sound like you. Also, look at your answer to
why you do what you do – which one matches:
- "The Learner" A Passion for Knowledge
Albert Einstein, Oprah Winfrey, Wake Up Eager Professors &
Journalist
- "The Business Person" A Passion for Business
and Making Money Donald Trump, Alan Greenspan, Wake, Up Eager
Investors and Executives
- "The Power Player" A Passion for
Leading, Advancing and Being Out Front John F. Kennedy, Bill
Clinton, Wake Up Eager Professional Speakers, Entrepreneurs and
Politicians
- "The Serving Others Helper" A Passion
for Service, Coaching and Helping Others Mother Teresa,
Princess Diana, Great Wake Up Eager Coaches and Counselors
- "The Process and Order Keeper" A Passion
for Order, Structure and Tradition -The Pope, Policeman, Hall
Monitor, Great Wake Up Eager CFO’s
- "The Sensitive Balance, Harmony and Experience
Seeker” A Passion for Creativity, Beauty and Pleasant
Environments Walt Disney, Martha Stewart, Wake Up Eager Architects
and Designers
Topic # 4: Interview with National Speaker,
Consultant and Trainer Doug Smart, from Strengths
International
- Doug's background
- How and why Doug uses the Workplace Motivators Assessment.
- Stories and tips for using this Assessment
- Great quote from Doug, "There's no way people can excel if
they are not meeting their motivational needs."
- Doug's contact information: doug (at)
strengthsinternational (dot) com www.strengthsinternational.com
Topic # 5: Favorite
Hartman Quote, Important Ideas to Remember,
and Close
- Here are five questions the creator of the
motivation and assessment science I use, Robert Hartman posed in
the 1960’s. He shared that were important for every leader to ask
and answer about person on their team… and they are as true and
important today, as they were back then….
“Are they going to be happy? Are they going to
be productive? Will they want to stay? Will they own their
job? Will they contribute their talent
generously?”
- Important Ideas:
- Start with creating your own
list of your top M&S and start consciously using them
more every day. Feel the power of this and then start giving
that same gift to the people on your team.
- Don’t assume that anyone can
excel in any job. And remember that People bring who they are
to the job – and who they are is not only their background and
experience, but their natural style, strengths and
motivators.
- Look for matches in strengths
and motivators when hiring, in addition to background and
experience (more on how to do this in future podcasts and fully
outlined in my book: How to Hire Superior Performers. – home
page)
- Make assignments, when you
can, based upon individual strengths and interests
- Don’t forget the ROI for you
and your organization in all of this – studies show that Leaders
who focus on the strengths and motivators of the people they lead
are 86% more successful, then those who don’t. And
teams who can say that they get to do what they do best every day,
are 38% more productive and have 44% great customer service
scores.
YOU have gifts and special
talents that matter. And so do the people who
work for and with you.
- Help everyone around you become more aware of their own gifts,
hire and manage based upon them and you’ll create a happy,
motivated and very productive team of people who own their jobs and
contribute their talents generously.
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teams you are working with do a better job of building upon their
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