Practical Guide For Motivating Employees

Chapter 1:

10,000 Foot View

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  • 71% of employees say they are not motivated - here's how much these disengaged employees cost in terms of mistakes, lost opportunities and outright failures
• • Pages9-10
  • The two types motivation - understanding intrinsic and extrinsic motivators
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  • Why an over-reliance on external motivators leads to short-term gain and brutal long-term impact
• • Pages13-14
  • 4 myths of motivation debunked

Chapter 2:

Success Plan

• • Pages23-26
  • 10 interview questions that help you uncover self-motivated people - and the types of responses you should look for during the hiring process
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  • Why a candidate's motivation to "GET the job" can obscure your ability to see if they will be motivated to "DO the job" - and how to avoid it
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  • How employee motivation and job expectations are connected - and how to uncover if your employees are confused about their role
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  • What real workplace fun consists of - and why it's necessary if you want your employees excited to come to work every day
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  • 5 inexpensive teambuilding activities that boost morale
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  • 6 ways to spot employees who are intrinsically motivated vs. those who are just in it for the paycheck
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  • Using empowerment to motivate - and why micro-managing actually gets you minimal effort from employees
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  • 7 simple keys to building an environment of trust
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  • Why 42% of employees are actively looking for a new job - and why one word goes a long way towards rectifying this
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  • What it takes to be a motivational manager - 16 dos and don'ts
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  • 6 keys to avoid short-term bursts of motivation and sustain it over the long haul
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  • Why regular rewards lose their value over time and the smarter approach to rewarding employees that won't get stale

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  • How to motivate across the four generations of employees
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  • The valuable "know-it-all" - is there any motivating them?
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  • Motivating in challenging situations - budget cuts, layoffs and change
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  • 5 signs of employee entitlement - how to prevent it or root it out if it already exists
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  • The difference between a bad hire and a bad fit
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  • When to cut bait if motivational efforts simply aren't working

Chapter 3:

Stumbling Blocks

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  • #2 - Why you must get past this internal bias to truly motivate your team
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  • #16 - Pay matters, but not as much as you think - study suggests 25% of highly motivated employees would jump ship for this % pay increase
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  • #19 - Resist this common urge when it comes to achieving goals
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  • #11 - Avoid this oversight that makes you look like a selfish, ego-driven manager that all employees hate (if you're deliberately doing this you're a flat out terrible manager)
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  • #13 & #17 - The two things almost every manager skimps on that every employee craves

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Practical Tools

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Blueprint Extra: The 8 Principles of Human Behavior

The 8 principles of human behavior have everything to do with how people react - or fail to - to certain stimuli. Master these principles and you will truly understand what it takes to motivate people and spur them onto higher levels of performance.

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Premium Bonus: Motivating Without Money - 30 Proven Ideas That Cost Almost Nothing

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Premium Bonus: What Motivates Your Employees? 10 Questions That will Reveal What Makes Them Tick

Every employee is different and what motivates them is different, too. Ask your employees these 10 questions to help uncover their intrinsic motivators, so you can tailor how you manage each of them.