People make at least two decisions about motivation every day when they come to work.  One is whether to stay in the organization or look for another source of work.  The other is how much effort to put into performance on the job.  Consequently, managers need to be concerned about two corresponding aspects of motivation: motivating workers to stay on the job and motivating them to perform at their best.

So, whose responsibility is it to motivate employees, anyway?  Yours? Theirs? The organization’s?  Good questions!   

This program introduces participants to the concept of internal and external motivation and the role that both managers and employees play in determining what motivates an individual.  By attending this session, you will determine motivational factors to keep employees on the job and to perform their best, identify factors that motivate people to perform, diagnose sources of performance problems, and learn to apply appropriate methods to motivate employees to achieve desired results.