Team Building and Motivation at Work

Course Code: MGT-430

Course Duration: 3 days

Course Objective(s):

This course will help participants to improve the direction, motivation and goal achievement of their teams.

Expected Accomplishment(s):

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Identify what motivation is
• Be familiar with common motivational theories and how to apply them
• Understand when to sue the carrot, the whip, and the plant
• Discover how fear and desire affect employee motivation
• Explore ways to create a motivational climate and design a motivating job
• Identify ways he will want to change to improve his team player style
• Better understand and appreciate differences among team members
• Identify those ways his team must improve to be more effective

Who Can Benefit:

Newly-appointed managers and senior supervisors will benefit from this course.

Prerequisite(s):

• Good command of English
• Previous exposure to management training

Course Outline:

Motivation Theory and Practice

• What is motivation?
• Supervising and motivation
• The carrot, the whip, and the plant
• Indentifying motivators
• Maslow and Herzberg’s motivational theory
• Personal motivators
• Free and desire
• Setting goals
• The role of values
• Creating a motivational climate
• Expectancy theory
• Applying your skills
• Situational analysis
• Case studies
• Designed motivating jobs
• A motivational checklist

Leadership

• Analysis of leadership style
• Leader or manager
• Essential management skills
• Setting standards and follow up

Team Building Issues

• Defining teams
• What is a team?
• Types of teams
• Establishing team norms
• Characteristics of teams
• Ground rules
• Team contracts
• Working as a team
• Glenn Parker team survey
• Building team trust
• The stages of team development
• The TORI model
• Communication
• Defining communication
• Listening
• How the listener controls the speaker
• Becoming a good team player

Delivery Method:

The training delivery methods include instructor-led classes with exercises, case studies, and group discussions.