Motivation Techniques

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Motivation Techniques

• by
• Betina Szkudlarek

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• 70 of AEGEE members are less motivated today
  than they used to be.80 of AEGEE members could
  perform significantly better if they wanted to.
  90 of ES participants point lack of motivation
  as the biggest problem in the AEGEE network.

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Agenda

• Motivation
• Your role in motivation
• Self-motivation
• Team motivation

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Motivation

• An inner state of need or desire that
  activates an individual to do something that will
  satisfy that need or desire.

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Motivation strategies what for?

• The primary purpose of motivation strategies is
  to develop or to trigger an inner desire for
  beginning or completing an activity.

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Maslow - pyramid of needs
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Motivated or not?

• Motivated members
• Internal control
• Thinking positively
• Positive self-talk
• Searching for solutions

• Demotivated members
• External control
• Thinking negatively
• Negative self-talk
• Giving up

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Demotivated why?

• Depression
• Lack of sleep
• Unmotivated friends
• Lack of preparation or training
• Lack of a plan
• Lack of confidence
• Lack of support
• Lack of responsibilities

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What role can you play?

• Artist
• Technician
• Role Model

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Use the power of

• Positive feedback/comment of even small
  accomplishments
• I really liked the way you managed to solve
  this problem
• instead of
• Good job

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• Remind of Past Success
• Find out what a person has already accomplished,
  and use that as a starting point to inspire
  future work.

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• Ask open questions
• Before you give your own opinion, answer or
  solution to a problem try to find out what ideas
  the other person has.
• Do not insist to ask why.

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• Link task to goals
• Link the task with one or more of the goals, and
  emphasize how completing the task will lead
  toward fulfillment of a goal.

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• Provide structure
• Help the person break down large assignments
  into smaller, more manageable tasks. Develop a
  structured plan of action for completing each
  mini assignment.

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• Choose an appropriate level of difficulty
• Give members the opportunity to express
  questions and concerns about initial levels and
  rates of increase of task difficulty.
• Ask for the feedback.

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• Anxiety
• Moderate levels of anxiety may act to motivate
  individuals to complete learning tasks
  (deadlines, level of difficulty).

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Success produces success

• Some people need to succeed in order to believe
  in their own abilities. Provide them with the
  task they can achieve the success.

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• Voice tone
• For unresponsive individuals, slightly
  unpleasant tones may be effective motivators.
• Neutral tones, in most situations, have little
  to no influence on motivation.

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The power of self-talk

• Self-talk refers to the process of bringing our
  attitudes to a conscious level. It is what we say
  to ourselves and it reflects our self-esteem.
• Self-talk can be negative, positive, or neutral.

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How to achieve a positive self-talk?

• Compile a list of individual assets or successes
• - Select a format for documenting them
• - Develop a daily routine of referring to them
• - Make it a habit to refer to them during
  emotional lows
• - Internalize the asset list
• - Continually update the list
• (Establish a motivational support system)

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• Your TEAM is the best
• support system!

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The personal goal chart

• A strategy for setting realistic goals and
  carefully evaluating the ways by which those
  goals will be achieved.

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6 parts of personal goal chart

• Personal goals
• Motivations for completing
• Achievability
• Measurability
• Value
• Steps required for reaching each goal

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Motivating a team

• Traditional incentive programs have been based
  upon extrinsic motivators such as salary and
  benefits.

Intrinsic motivation, however, is needed in order
to arouse a persons passion or commitment to the
job.
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Inspirational opening

• Relate an example of teamwork.
• Use a quotation.
• Tell a personal story.

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Start a positive brainstorming

• Listen to all the ideas showing interest and
  respect for other people ideas. Do not judge upon
  them!

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Set SMART goals (team and individuals)

• Specific
• Measurable
• Achievable
• Realistic
• Time-phased

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Who makes what?

• Identify skills needed to achieve the goals and
  make sure that your team members get the
  appropriate task

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Share responsibility

• The fact that have you trusted your team members
  is one of the greatest motivators for them to
  work and prove that you have taken a right
  decision.

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Think of organizational culture

• Creating the culture and identity of the group
  is helping to keep its members together.

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Do not forget to party

• Make a work fun!
• After a hard work your team members deserve to
  have a party.

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Motivation - an ongoing process

• Your team members need a constant motivation
• Once set actions are not enough
• Revise your own motivation
• The law of attraction

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Questions?
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What some see as an ending...
...others consider as a beginning!
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Thank you!
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