Inspiring and Motivating Others

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Inspiring and Motivating Others Gary L.
Hickman glhickman_at_charter.net
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Inspiration
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Motivation
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Session Objectives

• Understand the difference between Inspiring and
  Motivating
• Understand the hierarchy of needs and how it
  applies to motivation
• Developing the conditions for inspiring and
  motivating
• Coworkers/Employees
• Volunteers

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Session Outline

• Session Outline
• A Definition of Terms
• What Motivates Ourselves/Others
• What Inspires Ourselves/Others
• How to use this at Work
• How to use this in Voluntary Organizations

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Definitions

• Inspiration Stimulation of the mind or
  emotions to a high level of feeling or
  activity - Thefreedictionary.com
• Motivation The general desire or willingness
  of someone to do something - Google.com

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More on Motivation

• Intrinsic
• Based on the enjoyment of the activity
• Physical
• Beauty
• Self Actualization
• Extrinsic
• Driven to attain an outcome
• Externally driven
• Base Needs

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Maslows Hierarchy of Needs(and the Hawthorne
studies)
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Yosemite Falls
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Inspiration from Ideas

• Scientific/Engineering
• Lightening is Electricity Ben Franklin
• Antibiotics
• Segway
• Internet
• Societal
• We hold these truths to be self evident
• Judged not by the color of their skin but the
  content of their character

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Inspiring Others Where Does It Come From?

• External vs Internal Inspiration
• Examples
• JFK On the moon within the decade
• The Wow Factor
• Achievable
• Focused
• Instantly Understandable
• Lincoln The Gettysburg Address
• What are we doing here?
• Ford Build me an 8 cylinder engine

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Inspiring Others Key Elements

• Think Big and Noble Inspiration drives the mind
  or the heart
• Be Expressive
• Help others to fulfill their needs
• Offer a Guiding Hand
• Stay Positive
• Set the Conditions

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Motivating Others

• At Work
• One Can Rely on Authority
• What does the hierarchy of needs tell us?
• What do the Hawthorne studies tell us?
• How can we use this?

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Motivating Others

• Motivating Volunteers
• There is no direct authority
• What does the hierarchy of needs tell us?
• What do the Hawthorne studies tell us?
• How can we use this?
• Its all about relationships

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Three Ways ASME Inspired Me

• Volunteer Organization with Staff
• Broad Scope
• (Old) ASME Mission Statement
• To promote and enhance the technical competency
  and professional well-being of our members,
• and through quality programs and activities in
  mechanical engineering,
• better enable its practitioners to contribute to
  the well-being of humankind.

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Two Illustrations

• The Factory
• Minor Problem, Repeated, Big Problem
• Solution Created
• Problem Resolved but where was the problem?
• A Better Solution?
• Communication Styles
• Authoritarian
• Persuasive

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Summary of Key Points

• Summary
• Inspiration and Motivation are related but
  different
• Motivation is understanding needs and helping
  others fulfill them.
• Depends on Authority or Relationships
• Inspiration is Aha!!!
• Depends on Conditions

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