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Motivating Today's Workforce

Successful managers and supervisors know how to foster an environment in which employees become self-motivated, positive, and dedicated. Today's workplace requires more than just fair pay and a good benefits package to achieve such a condition.

In the final analysis, one person cannot motivate another. What that person can do, though, is inspire and enable others to motivate themselves. Participants in this workshop will learn how to identify motivational hot buttons that help get workers on board and engaged in organization goals.

Key Information

  • Find out what life factors pull, push, or scare people into forward motion
  • Learn the difference between rewards & recognition & how you can use both to keep employees committed & focused
  • Identify systems & practices within your organization that sabotage motivational efforts
  • Learn the Six Key Elements of Reward Strategies
  • Explore widely recognized motivational practices & principles
  • Learn the three-part Recognition Message and how to deliver it
  • Practice giving positive feedback & recognition based on objective observation
  • Learn when to coach & when to give up
  • Learn ways to keep outside pressures from blowing up inside the workplace

Date: October 7, 2009
Time: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Location: Springfield, MO
Fee: $189
Instructor: Larry Dinges

 

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You can also register for Motivating Today's Workforce or any other MDI class by calling (417) 836-5667 or 1-800-733-3203 or  E-Mail MDI@missouristate.edu.