Ldr/531 Motivation Plan Paper
Motivation Plan
Teri Harris
LDR/531
October 13, 2014
Brenda Shore
Motivation Plan
When leaders show a positive attitude about a mission or a project, the employees show an increased desire to perform their jobs to reach their goals. The challenge comes when the project has a long duration of time to be completed in. For example, your team leader comes to you and informs the team members that we have a month to complete the project and he/she needs to ensure that each team member can contribute to the project. The team has been given guidelines and timelines that need to be met. The team is discouraged that they only have a month to do the project in. By removing the team’s discouragement that is the first task of the team leader. …show more content…
Motivation is the hardest aspect to evaluate and reward because the team leader has to trust that the team members will exhibit their motivations. One tool that a team leader can use is the DISC Platinum Rule Behavior Style Assessment provided by Dr. Tony Alessandra.
Learning Team C has multiple personality types that would determine a person’s internal motivation. Bruce would be considered a Pioneer. That specific motivation is in the Dominance Square of the DISC assessment. A Pioneer is someone who likes being in a position to direct and redirect task accomplishments. A Pioneer tends to delegate authority and they strive for results from the need to be in charge. A Pioneer tends to focus more on the future than on either the present of the past. They are driven by a quest for accomplishments so that they can avoid boredom.
Teri would be considered as The Master-Minder. This specific motivation is in the Cautious Style Square of the DISC assessment. The primary goal that motives The Master-Minder is to increase opportunities for significant personal and unique accomplishments. The Master-Minder has a strong need to choose their own goals and to work independently. The Master-Minder expresses themselves more by what they do than what they …show more content…
This is an important emotional trait because when the team members share their value of personal life, they will work together to complete every task within a timely manner. Emotions are feelings that are directed toward someone or something that have varying intensity (Robbins and Judge, 2013). When a leader or team member has similar emotions they can direct their feelings toward the task or goal at hand instead of towards each other which will then increase their team
Teri Harris
LDR/531
October 13, 2014
Brenda Shore
Motivation Plan
When leaders show a positive attitude about a mission or a project, the employees show an increased desire to perform their jobs to reach their goals. The challenge comes when the project has a long duration of time to be completed in. For example, your team leader comes to you and informs the team members that we have a month to complete the project and he/she needs to ensure that each team member can contribute to the project. The team has been given guidelines and timelines that need to be met. The team is discouraged that they only have a month to do the project in. By removing the team’s discouragement that is the first task of the team leader. …show more content…
Motivation is the hardest aspect to evaluate and reward because the team leader has to trust that the team members will exhibit their motivations. One tool that a team leader can use is the DISC Platinum Rule Behavior Style Assessment provided by Dr. Tony Alessandra.
Learning Team C has multiple personality types that would determine a person’s internal motivation. Bruce would be considered a Pioneer. That specific motivation is in the Dominance Square of the DISC assessment. A Pioneer is someone who likes being in a position to direct and redirect task accomplishments. A Pioneer tends to delegate authority and they strive for results from the need to be in charge. A Pioneer tends to focus more on the future than on either the present of the past. They are driven by a quest for accomplishments so that they can avoid boredom.
Teri would be considered as The Master-Minder. This specific motivation is in the Cautious Style Square of the DISC assessment. The primary goal that motives The Master-Minder is to increase opportunities for significant personal and unique accomplishments. The Master-Minder has a strong need to choose their own goals and to work independently. The Master-Minder expresses themselves more by what they do than what they …show more content…
This is an important emotional trait because when the team members share their value of personal life, they will work together to complete every task within a timely manner. Emotions are feelings that are directed toward someone or something that have varying intensity (Robbins and Judge, 2013). When a leader or team member has similar emotions they can direct their feelings toward the task or goal at hand instead of towards each other which will then increase their team