Enabling Motivation

Caring, appreciating and connecting with your team

How do you create an environment where people feel highly motivated? Where they feel good about their work and how they contribute to the team? Whether you are a manager or not, this video illustrates what you can do to foster motivation in your workplace.

Summary of learning messages

• Connect with your people
  Get to know your team members well, and find out what motivates them

• Show appreciation
  Gratitude lets colleagues know you notice - and care about - their work

• Give people some autonomy
  Allow people to work on their own initiative, to build trust and motivation.

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• Communication & Teamwork
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• Culture & Wellbeing

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• Building team performance?
• Communication skills
• Hybrid working
• Managing a team
• Managing people
• Motivation
• Other people's development
• Productivity and performance

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What do your people need help with? Maybe it's a 'tricky conversation' with a member of their team; perhaps they need to contribute more effectively to remote meetings; or maybe they're seeking support for their next performance review... whether they are a manager or not, and whatever work scenario they face, our resources enable them to do it better.

The Performance hub resources are designed to improve your people's performance and wellbeing at work. Find out more at the Staff Skills academy+ website.

With short videos, podcasts and interactive activities, this is a treasure trove of valuable tips, phrases, techniques and models your organisation can make available immediately, to everyone, for a simple corporate-wide subscription. Topics covered include management and leadership, communication and teamwork, culture and wellbeing, and personal effectiveness.