Motivating your project team
Featured in the The Project Management Activity Pack training manual
By Eddie Davies
Category: Management
Credit price: 3 download credits (Single user)
Why do we work? Most people will offer money as a reason for working and identify that they want the money to spend on a variety of things including: food, drink, mortgage, a car, holiday, sports and social clubs, hobbies and interests, and so on. But does money inspire us to work harder, to give that extra effort? Is money our main motivation? Many psychologists who have studied the complex area of motivation have identified that an individual’s needs act as an impetus to create the effort required for performance. The goal of this performance is to achieve rewards which in turn lead to the satisfaction of those needs.
You start the training activity by asking the participants why they work, establishing that money is one of the most popular reasons given. You then go on to explore why we want the money (because it helps us satisfy a number of psychological and physical needs). You review the cycle of motivation and introduce the participants to the views of three leading motivational theorists (Maslow, Herzberg and Adams) which cast doubt on managers using only money as their main motivational tool. The theories are used to explore other motivational factors and the group establish an individual action plan they can use to motivate either their individual team members of the whole project team. You conclude the training activity by facilitating a learning review during which the participants identify the key points from the session and how they will apply them back at work. They are encouraged to fill in their learning review diary.
Who is it for: This training resource is intended for use by trainers to help participants establish what methods they are currently using at work and assists them in developing action plans to increase future motivation and job satisfaction.
| Resource Type: | Activity |
| Min Group Size: | 4 |
| Max Group Size: | 20 |
| Typical Duration: | 02:50:00 |
| No of Pages: | 19 |
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Purpose: This training resource is intended for use by trainers at all training events that are designed to improve the skills of the project manager. It may be easily adapted for wider use on any team or leader development programmes, management development and self-development courses.
Download the training activity, Motivating your project team as featured in the Fenman training manual; The Project Management Activity Pack