 Mot

ivat
ion:
Def
ini
ti
on:
Thewor
dMot
ivat
ionder
ivesf
rom t
he Lat
inwor
d“Mov
ere”
.TheLat
inwor
d
“
Movere”means“Tomov e”
,“Todriv
e”or“Todriv
ef orward”etc. 
Mot i
vati
on 
canbedef i
nedassti
mulating,
i
nspi
ri
ngandinduci
ngtheempl oy
eestoperfor
mt othei
rbestcapacity.
 Moti
vati
on i
sapsychol
ogical
term
whi
chmeansitcannotbeforcedonemployees.Itcomesaut omatical
lyfr
om insi
detheemploy
eesasi tis
t
hewill
i
ngnesstodothework.

JoeKell
y  
def
ined Mot
ivat
ionas“ Moti
vat
ionisapr
ocesswher
ebyneedsi
nst
igat
ebehav
iordi
rect
ed
towar
dsthegoalst
hatcansati
sfyt
hoseneeds.
”

Accordi
ngtoW.G.Scot
,“Mot
ivat
ionmeansapr
ocessofst
imul
ati
ngpeopl
etoact
iont
oaccompl
i
sht
he
desi
redgoal
s.”

Accordi
ngtoMi chaelJ.Juci
us,“Mot
ivat
ionistheactofsti
mulat
ingsomeoneoronesel
ftogetadesi
red
courseofact
ion,t
opusht her
ightbut
tontogetadesi
redresul
t.
”

 Sour
cesofMot
ivat
ion:
Ini
ti
ati
ve;
Sour
ce#1:
Mot
ivat
ionofGr
owt
handAchi
evement

Empl
oyee:
“Iwantt
ogai
ntheski
l
lsIneedt
oachi
eve{
thi
sposi
ti
on/
task/
proj
ect
}shor
tl
y"

It
’seasytoarguethatt
here’
snogr eat
ermotivat
ionthangr owth(fi
nancial
,career
,
professi
onal
)andachievement—especiall
yamongy oungempl oyees.Asurveyby
staffi
ngagencyAdeccofoundthatnearl
y7outof10r ecentcol
legegraduatescall
ed
“growthanddevel
opment ”t
hei
rtopprofessi
onalpri
or i
ty.

Employ eesaredr iv
entoachi eveper
sonalgoals,t
akeonchall
enges,improveski
ll
s,and
demonst rat
et heirabi
l
itytosucceed.Indi
vidual
swhofeelthatatask,act
ivi
ty,
ortrai
ning
program willhelpachi
ev etheirownpersonalgoal
sarefarmorelikel
ytoacti
vely
parti
cipate.

Sohowcany
oureLear
ningcour
sehel
ptheseempl
oyeeswhost
ri
vet
oachi
eveper
sonal
goal
sandgr
owi
nthei
rfi
eld?

Setclearmilestonesinyourtr
aini
ngprogram —andshowempl oy
eestheprogr
essthey
aremaki ngalongtheway .Ify
ouwantt oaddanelementofcompet i
ti
ontothemix
thr
oughbadgesorl eaderboar
ds,goforit
!Youmayfindit
’sjustwhatyouneedtoi
nspir
e
yourempl oy
eest oachieveeachnewchal l
engeyousendtheirway.

Encourageempl oyeest
osetandt rackthei
rprofessional goal
s.Thiswillall
owyou,as
thei
rmanager, todemonstrateyourinvestmentinhel pingthem achiev
egr owththati
s
i
mpor t
anttothem.Youcoul dgivethem theoppor t
uni t
ytocustomi zetheirl
ear
ning
j
ourney(taketraini
ngattheirownpace) ,orsimply(visuall
y)showt hem theconnecti
ons
betweentrai
ningcoursesandt heirpersonalgoals.

Prov
ideregularf
eedbacksoemployeescangetanhonestl
ookatwhet
hert
hey
’reon
tr
acktoachievethegrowt
htheydesir
e.

Setupmonthlyl
iv
ewor kshopst
ocompl
ementy
oureLear
ningcour
sest
oencour
agea
st
rongercul
tur
eoflear
ning

Sour
ce#2:
Mot
ivat
ionofI
ncent
ive/
Rewar
d

Empl
oyee:“
I’
mfi
newi
thdoi
ng[
act
ion]becauseIknowi
twi
l
lgetme[
rewar
d].
”

Whil
elong-
ter
m gr
owthandachi
evementmotiv
atesomeempl
oyees,
somear
emor
e
i
nter
estedi
nshort
-t
ermrewar
dsorrecogni
ti
on.

A“bonus”i
sagreatexampleofanincentiv
ethatmot
ivatesemployeestoperf
ormt hei
r
work.I
femploy
eesaretoldtheywi
llearnextr
amoneyforworkingover40hoursina
week,somewil
lbemot i
vatedtodoit.Theacti
oni
swor t
hdoingtoachievethereward.

Youcanintegr
atei
ncent
ivesint
oeLearni
ngpr ograms,t
oo.Youmaybeablet
oadd
tangi
bler
ewardsli
kebonuses,awar
ds,cert
if
icatesorextr
ati
meofff
rom wor
kas
rewardsf
orcompleti
ngtr
aini
ngcoursesorprograms.

Someemploy eesmaybemot iv
atedbyrewar dsfort
hecompany ’sgr owthaswell.I
f
companyperksandov er
all
mor al
eareimprov edbyachievingbusinessgoals(e.g.
hi
tti
ngamont hlysalesgoal)
,makethatclearinthetr
ainingprograms.I fsomethingthey
arel
ear
ningtiesdirect
lytocompanysuccessst atei
tloudandcl ear ;
they’
llr
emember
andbemotiv
at edtodot hei
rparttogetthesecompany -widerewar ds. 

Sour
ce#3:
Mot
ivat
ionofSoci
alBel
ongi
ng

Empl
oyee:"
Iwantt
ofeelar
ealpar
toft
hiscommuni
ty,
soI
'
m goi
ngt
odo[
act
ion]
."
Manyemploy
eeschoosecompani
esbecauseoft
hei
rcul
tur
eandt
hepeer
stheycan
i
nter
actwi
th,
andlear
nfrom,ont
hejob.

Youmaybeabl etosucceedmor ewitheLearni

ngpr ogr
amsi nthisaspectthanyou
couldwitht
r adi
ti
onaltr
aini
ngprograms.Yourprogramscani ncludemanyoppor tuni
ti
es
foracti
vediscussiononl
ine.Youcoul
dal soencour
agey ourempl oyeestoprovi
deone
anotherwit
hf eedbacktobuil
dthi
sdesiredsenseofcommuni t
y.

Whenanemployeesucceedsinatr
ainingprogr
am, hi
ghl
i
ghti
toni
nter
nal
memos,
companybl
ogs,
digi
talbadgesorsocialmediapages.

Byhighl
ight
ingsuccesscases,orbyshowi ngst
ati
sti
csabouthowl ar
geyoureLearning
par
ti
cipantcommuni t
yis,
someempl oyeesmayev enexper
ienceFOMO( fearofmissing
out
).Thiswill
motivat
ethem togetinvolvedassoonaspossiblesotheycanpart
ici
pat e
i
nthiscommuni t
y

Sour
ce#4:
Power

Empl
oyee:
 
"Iwantt
ofeeli
ncont
rolof[
job/
lear
ning/
fut
ure]soI
'
m goi
ngt
odo[
act
ion]
"

Whetheri
t’
sthroughpur
sui
ngleader
shipav
enuesorsi
mpl
ywant
ingt
ohav econt
rol
ov
erone’spersonalwor
kenvi
ronment,
empowermenti
saver
yst
rongfor
m of
moti
vati
on.

Mill
enni
al 
workers,especi
all
y,wanttohavecontr
olovert
hei
rli
ves.Rathert
hanbeing
tol
dwhatorhowt odosomet hing,
theywanttohavechoi
cesandopt i
onstolear
nand
succeedi
nt heenvironmentthatar
e bestf
orthem.

Sett
ingupy oureLearningcoursestooperat
e r
esponsivel
y— wor kwellacr
ossavari
ety
ofdeskt
op, tabl
et,
andmobi ledev i
ces—isagr eatpl
acet ost
art.I
fempl oy
eeshavethe
powertolearnon-the-goatthetimethatworksbestforthem,thetrai
ningshi
ft
sfr
om
bei
nganobl igat
iontoanoppor tunit
y.

Letyouremployeeslearnattheirownpaceandintheset
ting;t
hat’
sbestf
orthem.You
mayal sowanttoidenti
fythoseinter
estedinpur
sui
ngaleadershi
ptrack—andprovi
de
them withuni
queoptionssot heywil
lfeelempower
edtolearn.

Sour
ce#5:
Mot
ivat
ionofFear

Employee:
“I’
m happyt
odo[
act
ion]becauseIr
eal
l
ywantt
oav
oid[
badt
hing]f
rom
happeni
ng.”

Let
’sbecl
ear:i
t’
snotadv
isabl
etot
hreat
enorscar
eyourempl
oyeesi
ntot
aki
ngan
onl
inet
rai
ningcour
se.
Youcan,however
,ti
eempl oyeeperformancemeasur ement
st ot
heirpar
ti
cipati
oninthe
tr
aini
ngprogr
ams.Byhighlight
ingtheimportanceoftheseprogr
ams( e.
g.t
heneedt o
l
earnhowt ooper
ateheavymachi nerytoavoidbodi
lyharm),
empl oy
eeswil
l getthehi
nt:
They’
llsi
gnupandgetgoingr i
ghtaway .

Mor
ethanli
kel
y,onceempl
oyeesdobegint
aki
ngt
hecourses,
thei
rmot
ivat
ionwi
l
lshi
ft
t
ooneoftheot
herfourt
ypesofmoti
vati
onwe’
vement
ionedabove.

 Wi
l
li
ngnessToWor
k;

 Eager
nesst
otakeonWor
k

 Lear
ningAbi
l
ity
;

 Goi
ngExt
raMi
l
es

 Lear
ningAndAnal
ysi
s

 Mot
ivat
ingOt
her
s

 Techniques;OneTo
1.OneCor respondence;
2.Understanding;I
ndiv
idual
Moti
vat
ion;
3.Mobili
zingOpt i
malPerfor
mance;
4.Prai
seand
5.Compl i
ment ;

6.Goal
Set
ti
ngf
orI
ndi
vi
dual
Empl
oyee

 I
ndi
vi
dual
Cul
ti
vat
ionofSki
l
ls

 Faci
l
itat
ingAct
ive
 I
nvolv
ement;

 Tr
usti
ntheWor
kingHands