Inspiring and Motivating Others

Motivation

Session Objectives

• Understand the difference between Inspiring and Motivating
• Understand the hierarchy of needs and how it applies to motivation
• Developing the conditions for inspiring and motivating
• Coworkers/Employees
• Volunteers

Session Outline

• Session Outline
• A Definition of Terms
• What Motivates Ourselves/Others
• What Inspires Ourselves/Others
• How to use this at Work
• How to use this in Voluntary Organizations

Definitions

• Inspiration: Stimulation of the mind or emotions to a high level of feeling or activity - Thefreedictionary.com
• Motivation: The general desire or willingness of someone to do something - Google.com

More on Motivation

• Intrinsic
• Based on the enjoyment of the activity
• Physical
• Beauty
• Self Actualization
• Extrinsic
• Driven to attain an outcome
• Externally driven
• Base Needs

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs (and the Hawthorne studies)

Inspiration from Ideas

• Scientific/Engineering
• Lightening is Electricity – Ben Franklin
• Antibiotics
• Segway
• Internet
• Societal
• We hold these truths to be self evident…
• Judged not by the color of their skin but the content of their character

Inspiring Others – Where Does It Come From?

• External vs Internal Inspiration
• Examples
• JFK – On the moon within the decade
• The Wow Factor
• Achievable
• Focused
• Instantly Understandable
• Lincoln – The Gettysburg Address
• What are we doing here?
• Ford – Build me an 8 cylinder engine

Inspiring Others – Key Elements

• Think Big and Noble – Inspiration drives the mind or the heart
• Be Expressive
• Help others to fulfill their needs
• Offer a Guiding Hand
• Stay Positive
• Set the Conditions

Motivating Others

• At Work
• One Can Rely on Authority
• What does the hierarchy of needs tell us?
• What do the Hawthorne studies tell us?
• How can we use this?

Motivating Others

• Motivating Volunteers
• There is no direct authority
• What does the hierarchy of needs tell us?
• What do the Hawthorne studies tell us?
• How can we use this?
• It’s all about relationships

Three Ways ASME Inspired Me

• Volunteer Organization – with Staff
• Broad Scope
• (Old) ASME Mission Statement
• To promote and enhance the technical competency and professional well-being of our members,
• and through quality programs and activities in mechanical engineering,
• better enable its practitioners to contribute to the well-being of humankind.

Two Illustrations

• The Factory
• Minor Problem, Repeated, Big Problem
• Solution Created
• Problem Resolved – but where was the problem?
• A Better Solution?
• Communication Styles
• Authoritarian
• Persuasive

Summary of Key Points

• Summary
• Inspiration and Motivation are related but different
• Motivation is understanding needs and helping others fulfill them.
• Depends on Authority or Relationships
• Inspiration is “Aha!!!”
• Depends on Conditions

Inspiring and Motivating Others