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Inspiring and Motivating Teams<br />Phil Wylie<br />June 17th, 2010<br />Toronto, ON<br />

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It’s <br /> 1:45 PM<br />

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The NAP zone<br />

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Inspiring and Motivating Teams<br />Phil Wylie<br />June 17th, 2010<br />Toronto, ON<br />

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Inspiration (def’n):<br /> arousing to a particular emotion or action<br />

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Inspiration<br />Pic of obama surrounded by supporters<br />

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Inspiration (def’n):<br /> arousing to a particular emotion or action<br />

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What do you want to inspire?<br />

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Inspiration is powerful<br />

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Picture of berlin wall falling?<br />Anything is possible<br />

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Results!<br />

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How to Inspire and Motivate<br />

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What is it that inspires people?<br />

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Vision<br />

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Cause<br />

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Idea<br />

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Injustice<br />

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Competition<br />

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8 Steps to Success<br />Create a vision with your team<br />

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Find your vision<br />

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Connect them to the vision<br />

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Team Vision Finder<br />What is it that we do that makes a difference?<br />What do we do that no one else does?<br />What do we do better then anyone else?<br />How do we have a positive impact on those around us (the company or the world)?<br />How can we help our organization be the best?<br />At the end of the day, why do we come to work?<br />How can we make work more fun?<br />

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8 Steps to Success<br />Create a vision with your team<br />Define behaviors for your group <br />

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Behavior<br />

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Behaviors<br />What behaviors helps us achieve our vision?<br />What behaviors are unproductive?<br />What behaviors are unacceptable?<br />What behaviors should be encouraged?<br />How will we communicate when unacceptable behaviors occur?<br />How will we recognize when effective behaviors occur?<br />

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Communicate!!<br />

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Lead by example<br />

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8 Steps to Success<br />Create a vision with your team<br />Define behaviors for your group <br />Get to know your people <br />

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Get to know your people<br />

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Motivational Profiles<br />Career aspirations<br />Strengths (likes)<br />Areas for development (dislikes)<br />Communication styles<br />Feedback preferences<br />Work styles (time, details, etc..)<br />Recognition preferences<br />Behavioural profiles (Big Five)<br />Life values<br />

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One on one meetings<br />What 3 things are you working on right now?<br />What’s something that you’re better at now then a month ago?<br />What things do you want to get better at?<br />What’s your plan for developing those skills?<br />What can I do to help you?<br />How can we do a better job?<br />

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Be consistent<br />

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8 Steps to Success<br />Create a vision with your team<br />Define behaviors for your group <br />Get to know your people <br />Get to know your team and have your people get to know each other<br />

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Get to know your team<br />

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Team Dynamics<br />Seniority, mentors<br />Strengths (likes)<br />Areas for development (dislikes)<br />Establish communication methods<br />Establish team work style (time, details, etc..)<br />Establish shared values <br />Stage of team development<br />Celebration preferences<br />

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Get your team to know each other<br />

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Encourage sharing<br />

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Encouraging Team Dynamics<br />Have ‘buddies’ for new staff<br />Have people work together on projects<br />Identify mentors/proteges<br />Rotate assignments<br />Identify learning roles on projects<br />Present back success stories<br />Celebrate together<br />

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Team meetings<br />What 1 thing have you accomplished that you are most proud of since the last meeting?<br />What 1 challenge are you facing?<br />What 1 new skill have you learned?<br />What 1 complaint have you heard about our team or process?<br />What 1 (new) thing can we start doing or doing differently to make things better?<br />

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Your Role<br />

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8 Steps to Success<br />Create a vision with your team<br />Define behaviors for your group <br />Get to know your people <br />Get to know your team and have your people get to know each other<br />Track the team’s work<br />

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Track your team’s work.<br />

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What gets measured, gets done…<br />

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Identifymajor milestones<br />

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Things to track<br />Ongoing accountabilities<br />Projects<br />Timelines<br />Who is in charge<br />Learning Opportunities<br />Ideas<br />How you will celebrate<br />

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Don’t micro manage<br />

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Set clear expectations<br />

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Communicate!!<br />

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8 Steps to Success<br />Create a vision with your team<br />Define behaviors for your group <br />Get to know your people <br />Get to know your team and have your people get to know each other<br />Track the team’s work<br />Empower your team<br />

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Valuable<br />Able<br />Responsible<br />

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Tell them what, (and why) let them figure out how<br />

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Motivation=Autonomy + Mastery +Purpose<br />

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Set StretchGoals<br />

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Involve in decision making<br />

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What happens on a great day?<br />Progress 50%<br />Instrumental Support 31%<br />Interpersonal Support 21%<br />Collaboration 10%<br />Important work 4%<br />Implications for managers<br />Provide meaningful goals<br />Provide resources<br />Provide encouragement<br />Protect staff from irrelevant demands<br />Change goals autocratically<br />Be indecisive<br />Hold up resources<br />Allow setbacks to occur<br /><ul><li>*HBR January 2010 What Really Motivates Workers</li></li></ul><li>Nothing is more demotivatingthan a setback.<br />

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8 Steps to Success<br />Create a vision with your team<br />Define behaviors for your group <br />Get to know your people <br />Get to know your team and have your people get to know each other<br />Track the team’s work<br />Empower your team<br />Develop their skills<br />

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Provide Support<br />

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HelpGrowYour Staff<br />

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Set them free!<br />

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Ways to Develop Staff<br />70-20-10<br />New responsibilities<br />Learning projects<br />Trying something new<br />Book/Blog of the month club<br />Let them make mistakes<br />Give them parts of your job<br />

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8 Steps to Success<br />Create a vision with your team<br />Define behaviors for your group <br />Get to know your people <br />Get to know your team and have your people get to know each other<br />Track the team’s work<br />Empower your team<br />Develop their skills<br />Celebrate success<br />

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Life is short<br />

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Don’t take work too seriously<br />

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Try to enjoy every day!<br />

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Ways to Celebrate<br />Lunch out<br />Friday afternoon off<br />Team building meetings/activites<br />Dress down days<br />Potluck<br />Get out of the office<br />Have fun...!<br />

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8 Steps to Success<br />Create a vision with your team<br />Define behaviors for your group <br />Get to know your people <br />Get to know your team and have your people get to know each other<br />Track the team’s work<br />Empower your team<br />Develop their skills<br />Celebrate success<br />

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Thank you!!<br />Philwylie@hotmail.com<br />http://philwylie.blogspot.com<br />