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Leadership Behaviors: Task and Relationship Focus
In the middle of the 20th Century, researchers turned their attention from how leaders are, to what to what they do. With a suitable behavioral theory of leadership, we can more easily train leaders. They found the key concepts are task...
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The Blake & Mouton Leadership Grid
Robert Blake and Jane Mouton took the idea of task versus relationship focus and turned it into a full-blown model of five leadership styles: their Leadership Grid.
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What is Transactional Leadership?
Transactional Leadership is the everyday leadership between a manager and colleague, officer and soldier, or any leader and their followers. It is the process of passing on a request or requirement and winning a commitment to meet it.
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David McClelland and Three Motivational Needs - Content Theories of Motivation
For my money, David McClelland gave us one of the most useful models of motivation, for use in the workplace. McClelland identified three motivational needs. Each of these allows us to motivate different people to do the same task,...
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Rensis Likert and High Producing Managers - Process Models of Motivation
Rensis Likert studied different systems of management and the things that 'high-producing managers' do to achieve the results they get. His conclusions build a helpful model of motivation and how to get the best from the people who work...
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Chris Argyris and the Immaturity-Maturity Model of Motivation: Treat People as Adults
Chris Argyris offers us a more sophisticated view of McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y model of motivation. His conclusion is that we need to treat people as adults.
Argyris put forward his ‘Immaturity-Maturity Theory’. This...
Argyris put forward his ‘Immaturity-Maturity Theory’. This...
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Ryan & Deci: Self Determination Theory (SDT) - Content Models of Motivation
Ryan & Deci are the founders of Self Determination Theory (SDT). It's possibly the most substantial modern body of research on motivation. As such, it is essential for modern managers to understand the basics.
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Edwin Locke: Goal-Setting Theory of Motivation
Edwin Locke was interested in the way goals and goal-setting motivate us in the workplace. People strive to achieve their goals. So, a worthwhile goal is intrinsically motivating.
On the face of it, the role of...
On the face of it, the role of...
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Work Orientation Theory: John Goldthorpe and How Attitudes affect Motivation
John Goldthorpe and his colleagues offer us a sociological model of workplace motivation: Work Orientation Theory.
Goldthorpe's theory is culturally rooted in 1960s Britain. But I do think the principles underpinning it are...
Goldthorpe's theory is culturally rooted in 1960s Britain. But I do think the principles underpinning it are...
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Hackman and Oldham: Job Characteristics Model of Motivation
How do the characteristics of the task at hand affect motivation? This is the question that Hackman and Oldham tackle in their Job Characteristics model of motivation.
In this video, we look at the three factors that...
In this video, we look at the three factors that...
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Basics of Motivation: Incentives - do they work?
One thing most people 'know' about motivation is the value of incentives. The problem is... Incentives don't always work.<b<br/>r/>
So, in this video, we'll look at when incentives do and do not work and understand why.
So, in this video, we'll look at when incentives do and do not work and understand why.
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Basics of Motivation: Building Morale in your Team
Morale is like Motivation applied across a whole team. And building team morale is an important part of your role as manager, supervisor, or team leader.
So, what can you do to build morale in your team? That's what we will...
So, what can you do to build morale in your team? That's what we will...
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The Psychology of Motivation: Understand the Basics
Motivation is a mental and emotional state. So, we need to understand the basics of the psychology of motivation and how motivation works in the brain.<b<br/>r/>
That's what we will do in this video.
That's what we will do in this video.
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What is the Chain Method of Time Management? And How Does it Work?
The Chain Method was reportedly described by comedian Jerry Seinfeld to web developer and stand-up comedian, Brad Isaac.<b<br/>r/>
Seinfeld used the Chain Method to motivate himself to find time to write new material every day.
Seinfeld used the Chain Method to motivate himself to find time to write new material every day.
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LEAD Your Team: 4 Team Leadership Priorities
Here is a very simple model of four team leadership priorities - which spell out LEAD. Can you guess what they are?
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What is Empowerment? The Organization Giving up its Power
What happens when organizations give up their power to the people within them? The answer is 'empowerment'.
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William Ouchi: Theory Z Organizations and Motivation
One of our most popular videos is the one about Douglas McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y. As a result, people have asked me about Theory Z.
Theory Z, which was developed by William Ouchi, to describe the adoption of Japanese...
Theory Z, which was developed by William Ouchi, to describe the adoption of Japanese...
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Porter & Lawler: Expectancy Theory on Steroids
Victor Vroom’s Expectancy Theory of motivation is extremely successful. But Lyman Porter and Edward Lawler found that predict or explain everything about the relationships among the effort we put in, the performance we achieve, and the...
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What is Emotional Intelligence? An Introduction
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Self Regulation: What is it and How to Build It?
The second domain of Emotional Intelligence is Self Regulation. This is about managing your emotional state and the behavioral and social choices you make.
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Self Motivation: What is it and How to Build it?
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Milestones and Deadlines for Self-Motivation and Greater Productivity
How do you motivate yourself to be productive and get things done? Milestones and deadlines are great motivators. And they work in slightly different ways.
So, to understand self-motivation with milestones and deadlines, take...
So, to understand self-motivation with milestones and deadlines, take...
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Organizational Power: What is Power?
Ralph Waldo Emerson said that: ‘life is a search after power’. If that is true, what is it we are searching for? We need to start our exploration of power in organizations by understanding what is power?
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Edward Lawler: Vroom Enhanced with Two Types of Expectancy
Victor Vroom’s Expectancy Theory of motivation is, perhaps, my favorite model of how motivation works. And my video on it is one of the most-watched on this channel. But Edward Lawler expanded on it in a small, but important way. He gave...