Motivation: The Science of Motivating Yourself and Your Team

Course details

There are two keys to success: competence and motivation. And, most important is becoming competent at motivating yourself and others. That is the purpose of this course.

I have authored more than ten books and the key to getting books published is simply the self-discipline to sit yourself down and write! I have been CEO of two companies and consulted with more than one hundred major corporations on human performance. They keys to improving motivation and performance are well known. In this course I have distilled the science of human behavior down to the essential practical lessons that every entrepreneur and manager must know and practice to succeed.

The topics covered in the course include the following:

• Sources of Motivation
• Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation
• The Coaching Kata
• Optimizing Social Reinforcement
• Developing a System of Motivation
• The ABC Model of Managing Behavior
• Using Reinforcement Schedules
• Is it a "Can't Do" or a "Won't Do?"
• Managing Yourself. The Biggest Challenge!