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Motivate Your Team

5.0 (1 review)
Total video time: 52m
Award-winning instructor: Christopher Babson
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Skills you’ll gain

Leadership People management Motivation techniques Communication

Organizational success comes down to one thing: people. Getting team members to strive for success and drive toward excellence is a critical distinction between organizations that thrive versus just survive.

In this course from leadership coach Christopher Babson, you'll learn how to motivate your team and, more importantly, make it stick. He'll provide you with strategies for how to incentivize employees, how to inspire self-motivation, and how to create an environment conducive to inspirational leadership. Learn the common motivation mistakes leaders make, as well as how to inspire your team to work harder, happier, and healthier.

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    Why Motivation? Explore the importance of motivation and its impact on team performance and morale. 1m
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    The Two Ways to Motivate Capitalize on the two primary leadership tools to motivate people to peak performance. 4m
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    How to Move Mountains Identify the ways inspire your people's hearts and motivate their minds. 3m
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    Get Them Self-Motivated Learn tactics to inspire purpose and self-motivation in your people. 3m
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    Money Motivations Learn when to use a cash incentive versus when to rely on other motivation tactics. 3m
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    Your Goals Aren't Their Goals The number one mistake managers make is thinking that your goals are the same as your people's goals. 2m
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    Growth vs Deficiency Needs There's a good chance you are focusing on the wrong needs. 3m
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    The Primitive Brain Our brains are wired for survival. After this lesson, you can leverage natural neurological responses to motivate your team. 2m
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    A Dynamic Environment Create an environment that allows your people to flourish and succeed together. 5m
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    Let Them Know You Care People have an inherent need to feel listened to and cared for. Develop rapport, trust, and empathy with your team. 4m
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    Traits of High Performers Carl Rogers proposed five signature characteristics of high-performing people. Learn how to let them flourish in yourself and your team members. 4m
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    Being the Boss, Not Bossy There's a difference between being the boss and being bossy. After this lesson, you'll be able to motivate your team with a "just enough" approach. 3m
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    Identify the Higher Purpose Passion and purpose are imperative to your greatest success as a leader. 4m
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    Motivating Through Disappointment Setbacks happen. But they are opportunities to inspire your team to persevere. 3m
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    Tying It All Together Combine all learned strategies to create a cohesive motivational plan. 1m

Certificate

Certificate of Completion

Awarded upon successful completion of the course.

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Instructor

Christopher Babson

Christopher Babson is an acclaimed trainer, speaker, and consultant on leadership and peak performance at UCLA and in the corporate markets.

Christopher Babson is the Founder/CEO of Peak Performance Leadership and OptimizeYou! His companies are dedicated to optimizing driven, big-thinking people to peak performance. Chris is a former Fortune-20 Vice President in corporate finance, banking, and business development, and a former middle-market VP in Sales and Customer Service. Chris has sourced, negotiated, structured, and managed over $1 billion in corporate alliances with Fortune 1,000 CFOs. He is currently an acclaimed trainer and speaker on leadership and peak performance at UCLA and in the corporate markets.

Peak Performance Expert Christopher Babson

Christopher Babson

Peak Performance Expert

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How GoSkills helped Chris

I got the promotion largely because of the skills I could develop, thanks to the GoSkills courses I took. I set aside at least 30 minutes daily to invest in myself and my professional growth. Seeing how much this has helped me become a more efficient employee is a big motivation.

Chris Sanchez GoSkills learner
Chris Sanchez, GoSkills learner