Leading Yourself - Personal Power
Semester 4
Motivation
This AMU course is offered in collaboration with Edutasia and has been developed and designed by
Asnæs & Vangstrup.
AMU 47297 purpose:
The participant can set a framework and develop a strategy for different types of conversations with customers, citizens and colleagues, e.g. guidance and advisory conversations.
The participant can use language adapted to the purpose of the conversation and thereby contribute to effective task and problem solving.
The participant can read body language, use active listening and relevant questioning techniques and provide constructive feedback so that the administrative communicative tasks are solved in the best possible way.
Preparation for Semester 4
Please study the Semester 4 webpage.
This page also includes buddy group exercises to be used during your in-person meetings. These exercises are therefore not part of your individual preparation for the semester.
What, why, how?
What is motivation?
For us to continuously lead ourselves in a positive direction, it is relevant to become aware of our internal motivation versus external motivation. How are we motivated and how can we proactively work towards more internal motivation.
Motivation is also “purpose”. Purpose is known to be key factor in high employee satisfaction, so a good question to ask yourself is: what is purpose for me in my job?
Therefor this semester will include:
- Understanding the difference between internal and external motivation
- Understanding the theory of flow and how to use it in a team
- Looking into the WHY in our organization
Why is it relevant?
Knowing what motivates us and what purpose is us is an essential part of leading ourselves.
How do I practice it?
We will investigate what creates a sense of purpose for you by looking at different types of tasks and patterns of motivation.
Motivation
Motivation is fundamentally about maintaining and maintaining the desire to achieve goals. In general, there are two different types of motivation factors: intrinsic and extrinsic. Intrinsic motivators are driven by desire, while extrinsic motivators are driven by either fear or the desire to achieve a reward.
How?
Show interest in the employee's perspective.
Create opportunities for independent choices and solutions.
Provide space to try things out.
Support the employee in seeing their development on the path to mastery.
Adapt the requirements to the individual employee.
Create activities that strengthen collaboration.
Provide structure and clear goals.
Internal vs. external motivation
3 factors for internal motivation
1
Autonomy
Autonomy is about making conscious choices and focusing on becoming self-determined in the decisions you make and how you translate them into action. It creates a sense of recognition.
2
Competence
Competence is about focusing on structure, habits, and daily tasks, as well as our ability to regulate our emotional state. This includes the capacity to handle anxiety, worry, and negative thoughts.
3
Cohesion
Cohesion is about feeling connected to others and having a sense of belonging. This is strengthened through togetherness and shared activities, such as exercise, creative projects or cultural experiences.
Internal flow
To understand our own - and others - motivation the FLOW model can help.
Watch the video first and discuss the below questions in the buddy group.
Buddy group exercise:
Discuss how the FLOW model can be used as a tool in your operations
Share situations where you have experienced the different stages of boredom, control, stress & anxiety
Till next time:
15th september, 9 - 12 am, online
Meet with buddy group to discuss:
Share which topics during this course, that has motived you the most and why.
Discuss how you will integrate the topic more in your work, to keep motivation high
Prepare a 5 min presentation on which ever topic from the course you want. Present why the tpic is relevant and how each one of you will continue working with it in operations
Thank you so much for all your effort, your energy and your trust.
See you online and for our final workshop & celebration
Marie Louise
Your facilitator from Asnæs & Vangstrup