Management and Supervisory Training
- Advanced Supervision for Experienced Leaders
- After All, You're the Supervisor
- The Art of Influencing Others
- Basic Economics
- Coaching
- Coaching Conversations
- Counseling Employees
- Curing Negativity in the Workplace
- Dealing with Change in the Workplace
- Decision Analysis
- Drug Issues in the Workplace
- Effective Delegating
- Effective Discipline
- Emotional Intelligence
- Ethical Uses of Power in Organizations
- Fair Supervisory Practices
- Fundamentals of Effective Facilitation
- Fundamentals of Strategic Planning
- Goal Setting for Success
- Habits of Successful People
- Habits of Successful People: A Follow–Up Workshop
- How to Conduct Internal Investigations
- Identification Theft: More Than Just an Inconvenience
- Juggling Multiple Priorities
- Leadership Fundamentals
- Leading Though Change
- Managing Diversity
- Managing an Older, More Experienced Workforce
- Managing a Younger, Less Experienced Workforce
- Managing for Results without Authority
- Matching Supervisory Styles to Employee Needs
- Media Relations
- Motivation
- Office Politics
- Overcoming a Culture of Entitlement
- Performance Appraisal
- Positive Approaches to Resolving Performance Problems
- Preventing Violent and Aggressive Behavior
- Principles of Good to Great
- Recognizing the Signs of Suicide
- Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
- Supervising Former Peers
- Time Management
- Work Ethic — Managing Performance Beyond Mediocrity
- Would I Work for Me?
Motivation
Session Format:
One 4-Hour Session
Introduction
The study of human motivation has gone beyond traditional strategies used in American businesses and industry. Methods employing the use of incentives and/or threats have fallen short in management’s attempts to motivate personnel. This session will focus on the elements of human motivation and how management may establish effective motivational strategies.
Objectives
The participant will learn: (1) differing personality styles that reflect motivational as well as interaction tendencies, (2) motivational techniques, (3) what motivates people to follow leadership, and (4) priorities that relate to all management.
Content Outline
- Where the rational model of management falls short
- The implications of supervisory structure on performance motivation
- Implications of ineffective use of incentives and threats
- Cognitive elements of human motivation
- Implications of task successes/failures on individual performance
- Expectations and their role in the self–fulfilling prophecy
- Modifying cognitions which affect motivation and performance
- The critical variables of perceived capability (confidence) and effort (work)
- Assessing your management style
Who Should Attend
This seminar is intended for managers, supervisors, supervisory trainees, and employees involved in teams and groups.
