MOTIVATING EMPLOYEES IN UNCERTAIN TIMES

With an environment of pending “competitive sourcing” efforts, out sourcing studies and contracting out of work; and, decreasing budgets and staffs nothing is more challenging than creating a motivating environment that addresses employees concerns.

 The leaders who succeed have employee motivational techniques that encourage employee involvement and participation with a view to improving productivity and morale.   Recent studies offer solutions- new ways to elicit commitment that long term supervisors can use in the daily managing of employees. Understanding these tools and the reasons why people do what they do, supervisors can motivate people to stay focused on work and continue to get results:  the agency gains the most benefit from the employee's enhanced performance; and the manager is more likely to excel within the organization; and the individual’s career has a better chance of flourishing as well.

 The success of most work groups depend upon their expertise, resources, experience and morale...and morale has been shown to be worth more than all of the other elements combined.  When morale is healthy, most challenges can be met with a positive attitude - and positive results.

 Through this interactive hand-ons workshop supervisors will learn how to attain positive results in uncertain times and bring out the best in their employees in public service. Through the use of motivational techniques, practical approaches and proven up-to-date theories they will have the tools needed to improve morale and productivity.

 They will learn:

•   How to improve productivity and morale

• How to motivate employees and build collaborative teams
• How to help employees improve their performance
• How to help employees enjoy their accomplishments and celebrate their success
• How to help maximize the beneficial outcomes of change

SAMPLE COURSE OUTLINE 

HOW DO YOU TO IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY AND MORALE?

• What It Motivation? Why Do People Do That They Do?
• What is the Crisis in Government That We All Face?
• What Is The Challenge? What Are The Benefits?
• What Have Studies Shown that has Contributed Significantly to the Motivation Crisis? We Are Not Alone!
• Why Is Motivation and Morale Important to Your Agency’s Success?
• What Is The Changing Of The Meaning Of Work Today?
• How Do You Improve Morale By Increasing Understanding Of The Eight Critical Symptoms Of Low Morale And What Agencies Do About It?
• What Is The Importance Of Employee Morale In Four Key Areas - The Job Itself, The Work Group, Management Practices, And Personal Needs?

HOW DO YOU MOTIVATE EMPLOYEES AND BUILD COLLABORATIVE TEAMS?

• What Are the Enduring Motivational Theories?*
• What Are the Most Recent and Reliable Studies of Motivation in the Public Sector?
• How Do These Apply To The Bureau Of Land Management? How Can You as a Supervisor Use Them Successfully?
• What Are The Six Misconceptions Of Motivation And How Do You Avoid Them?
• How Do You Bring Out the Best in Every Employee, And In Doing So, Creating Winning Teams
• What Are the Motivational Needs of the Traditional? Participative? Independent? Employee? Motivation Style Assessment*
• How Do You Motivate Generations Differently?
• How Do You Address These Needs of an Individual and of a Team?
• How Do You Motivate a Team Through the Stages of Team Development?
• How Do You Promote Empowerment, Independence and Autonomy to Enable Employees to Collaborate?
• How Do You Get Feedback and Solicit Process-Improving Suggestions
• How Do You Enable Teams To Collaborate and Focus on Results in Uncertain Times?

HOW DO YOU HELP EMPLOYEES IMPROVE THEIR PERFORMANCE?

• How Do You Assess The Applicability Of A Motivational Technique With In Individual Performer?
• How Do You Use Motivational in Strategies in Specific Cases?
• How Do You Analyze Options For Motivating High Performers?
• How Do You Use Specific Methods For Effectively Improving The Performance Of Marginal Or Poor Performers?
• How Do You Diagnose Motivation Or Ability Problems?
• How Do You Handle Motivation Or Ability Problems?
• What Does Your Behavior Have To Do With Improved Performance?
• What Does Involvement, Opportunity, Autonomy, Coaching Have To Do With Improved Performance?
• What Is The Importance Of Organization Climate?
• How Do You Develop Motivation Techniques That Enhance the Workplace Climate?
• How Do You Create Conditions For Success? How Do Specific Values And Beliefs -- Such As Trust, Quality, Truth, and Innovation Affect The Work Environment?
• What Is Your Role In Determining Employee Satisfaction And Organizational Success?

HOW DO YOU HELP EMPLOYEES ENJOY THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CELEBRATE THEIR SUCCESS?

• How Do You   Help Employees Adapt To Changes and Meet Demands Positively?
• What Six Things Can You Do to Help Employees Manage Negative Reactions and Enjoy Their Accomplishments and Celebrate Their Success?

HOW DO YOU HELP MAXIMIZE THE BENEFICIAL OUTCOMES MOTIVATION IN UNERTAIN TIMES?

• How Do You Assess The Level Concerns Of Employees Affected?
• How Do You Help Others To Change? How Can You Help Them Become Change Adept?

• How Do You Address The Roles And Needs Of The People Involved?
• How Do You Utilize Specific Techniques For Turning A Hardship To An Opportunity?
• How Do You Help Others Understand Their Stress and Assist Them?

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