overview
In a world focused on quality, efficiency and
satisfaction, organizations are trying to measure nearly everything. The credo is,
“If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.” This applies both to
traditional performance measures and to non-traditional (and hard to define) measures such
as customer satisfaction. In all cases, “Where is your data?” is the question
quality facilitators are taught to ask.
It is possible to easily measure many human
resource factors: knowledge, skills, competencies, learning styles, or behavioral
tendencies. But historically it has been difficult to measure factors such as
“motivation.” Can people be motivated? How do you motivate them? How can someone
become more motivated? What is a motivating situation? How can it be improved? What is a
benchmark for motivation? How is leadership doing in motivating employees?
The Effectance Motivation Questionnaire (EMQ) is a tool for measuring the motivational
preferences of individuals. It provides a reliable indicator of motivational needs which
can be used to improve the motivation and performance of individuals and teams.
The targeted business result is higher performance. By understanding what interests,
excites or energizes people, we can create better motivational environments and
workplaces. We can also “reframe” existing situations to better fit individual
motivational preferences.
While this program is entertaining and highly
interactive, it is not the typical emotional short-term motivational pump-up. Effectance
Motivation, based on White’s classic Effectance theory, contains solid techniques for
individuals to become more motivated and to better motivate others.
topics
 The
three basic human drives to affect: People, Objects, Self.
How to
measure effectance drives with the Effectance Motivation
Questionnaire.
Creating a “work video game” … the six hallmarks of a motivating
experience.
How personal effectance and motivation can be
increased.
How to
create more enjoyment from effectance motivation.
Reframing tasks to increase the motivation.
Changing personal approaches to motivation.
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