Insight from the Void - 1005
Last month I was talking with some of our Key Instructors, (Key Influencers) and I posed this question to them; 'when is the best time to motivate our students?'
It sounded like a trick question and the obvious answer (not correct) would have been ‘when they are down’. However the best time to motivate them is when they are on a high, i.e. when they have accomplished some sort of victory.
This I have found to work equally well in the corporate setting. As Leaders, Managers and Supervisors, in your respective fields, I am certain that you will have experienced similar, if not the same situation. It is near impossible to inspire and motivate an employee that is dejected, who feels unappreciated and unloved.
Leadership Trouble Spot
How do you motivate your key influencer?
A week before the December holidays, I was privileged to be in the mist of a discussion at an institution of higher learning. The crux of the matter was that everybody was feeling demotivated. The lecturers were demotivated because of the excess demand being placed on them by senior management, as well as the fact that management were going back on their promise of fiscal reward.
The Head of Department was also experiencing this feeling of low ebb. The thing that struck me as a lesson in bad leadership, was the Heads key motivational statement, the essence of it was, ‘… and it is high time you all stop your whining and get back to doing what you’re supposed to be doing’.
The frightening thing is that these people were then expected to go forth and create a positive learning atmosphere, as well as motivate their students to learn.
How would you handle this situation? Or how did you handle this situation when you faced it?
IME (c)
It sounded like a trick question and the obvious answer (not correct) would have been ‘when they are down’. However the best time to motivate them is when they are on a high, i.e. when they have accomplished some sort of victory.
This I have found to work equally well in the corporate setting. As Leaders, Managers and Supervisors, in your respective fields, I am certain that you will have experienced similar, if not the same situation. It is near impossible to inspire and motivate an employee that is dejected, who feels unappreciated and unloved.
Leadership Trouble Spot
How do you motivate your key influencer?
A week before the December holidays, I was privileged to be in the mist of a discussion at an institution of higher learning. The crux of the matter was that everybody was feeling demotivated. The lecturers were demotivated because of the excess demand being placed on them by senior management, as well as the fact that management were going back on their promise of fiscal reward.
The Head of Department was also experiencing this feeling of low ebb. The thing that struck me as a lesson in bad leadership, was the Heads key motivational statement, the essence of it was, ‘… and it is high time you all stop your whining and get back to doing what you’re supposed to be doing’.
The frightening thing is that these people were then expected to go forth and create a positive learning atmosphere, as well as motivate their students to learn.
How would you handle this situation? Or how did you handle this situation when you faced it?
IME (c)
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