Transcript Motivating Yourself and Others A Practical Process That Will Produce Results1,2 A Presentation for SOMC Medical Education Kendall L.

Motivating Yourself
and Others
A Practical Process That Will
Produce Results1,2
A Presentation for SOMC
Medical Education
Kendall L. Stewart, MD, MBA, DFAPA
April 14, 2008
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aim is to offer practical insights you can put to use in your personal and professional lives.
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Why is this important?
• Every organizational leader in
the world thinks about it every
day.
• It is often the difference
between success and failure.
• It is not easy to create or
sustain.
• Some people have it.
• Some people don’t.
• It varies from moment to
moment.
• It varies depending on our
interests.
• Most of us would like to have
more of it.1,2
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• After mastering the information
in this presentation, you will be
able to
– Identify three factors that
diminish motivation at work,
– Identify three of the common
results of poor motivation in the
workplace,
– Identify three of the most
powerful motivators in your life,
– Identify three practical steps in
an effective process for
motivating yourself,
– Identify three practical steps in
an effective process for
motivating others,
patient has ever come in complaining of having too much motivation—except for those with impulse control disorders.
patient’s son was motivated to be unmotivated.
What factors diminish motivation in the
workplace?
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Meaningless tasks
Red tape
The BMW club1
Lack of clear goals
Failure to set priorities
Distractions
Over-commitment
Information overload
No positive feedback
Lack of autonomy
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• Unpredictable change
in direction
• Lack of recognition
• No closure
• Absence of humor
• Micromanagement
• Failure to delegate
• Bureaucratic hurdles
• Interpersonal conflict2
• Lack of accountability
you ever met a miserable person who did not firmly believe someone else was to blame?
people take the joy out of work. A hunter shot a duck and the farmer was disagreeable.
2Disagreeable
What are some of the results of poor
motivation in the workplace?
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Laziness
Failure
Procrastination
Poor quality1,2
Resistance
Avoidance
Tardiness
Burnout
Demoralization
Dissention
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of SOMC’s “silverbacks” recently made an insightful and witty observation.
didn’t start counting surgical instruments until the 1980s, and . . .”
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Frustration
Conflict
Lack of meaning
Absence of pride
Resentment
Turnover
Disengagement
Discouragement
Negative organizational
culture
What are some of the most powerful
motivators in our lives?
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Commitment
Money
Meaning
Recognition
Love
Participation
Emotion
Appreciation
Collegiality
Competition
Hate1,2,3
Religious beliefs
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• Sense of
accomplishment
• Cultural norms
• Chance to make a
difference
• Independence
• Opportunity to serve
• Duty
• Habit
• High energy level
• Perceived need for
change
hate remains one of the most powerful human motivators.
patient seriously considered crashing her car into my office.
3Dr. Jitendra Patel told a wonderful story about a woman requesting cyanide.
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How can you motivate yourself?
• Stick with your passions.
• Share your enthusiasm.
• Hang out with high
achievers.
• Flavor tedium with
pleasure.1,2
• Go with your strengths.
• Make lists.
• Get yourself worked up.
• Stay focused on results.
• Act in spite of your
feelings.
• Just do something.
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have exercised more than an hour each day for many years.
combine exercise with distracting activities that I enjoy.
How can you motivate others?
• Associate with highly motivated
people.
• Set a measurable goal.
• Recruit a choir.
• Make a compelling case.
• Use emotional bait.
• Set a fire and keep it going.
• Lead by example.1
• Produce results.
• Make it fun.
• Explain how.
• Keep doing something new and
different.
• Celebrate
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me tell you an amazing story about SparkPeople.
What have you learned?
• Motivation—our own and others’—is a major
issue in our lives.
• It matters at home and at work.
• We each have different motivational
temperaments.
• It’s not a question of getting more, but of
harnessing what we’ve got.1,2
• There are effective ways to do that.
• Try some of them out.
• Don’t let your frustrated longing for perfection
keep you from making some progress.
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you want to see the transforming power of motivation, watch what loving parents do for their kids.
a time, my father drove a Dutch Oven Bakery truck and sold door-to-door.
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Where can you learn more?1
• Adair J, Understanding Motivation.
Guildford: Talbot Adair, 1990.
• Chandler S, 100 Ways to Motivate
Yourself, 1996.
• Hilton P, Using Incentives to Reward
and Motivate Employees, Personnel
Management, 1992,24(9), 49-52.
• Rye DE, 1001 Ways to Inspire: Your
Organization, Your Team and Yourself,
1998.
• Stewart, KL et. al., A Portable Mentor
for Organizational Leaders, SOMCPress,
2003
• Straub JT, The Agile Manager’s Guide to
Motivating People, April 1998.
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How can you contact me?1
Kendall L. Stewart, M.D.
VPMA and Chief Medical Officer
Southern Ohio Medical Center
President & CEO
The SOMC Medical Care Foundation, Inc.
1805 27th Street
Waller Building
Suite B01
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
740.356.8153
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