Sometimes motivating starts with no longer demotivating: three mistakes that cost you your teams' engagement.
Treat your team members like adults. Stop treating them like wrenches, children, or fools. Change how you see them to motivate them better — and above all, stop demotivating them.
20 min at your own paceAvailable in FR + ENNo prerequisites
You will walk away with
- the 3 demotivating attitudes: the wrench, the child, the fool
- the signs of dwindling motivation, and how to respond
- a team workshop on mutual respect — plus 4 tips for when you're the one losing steam
Target audience
Any manager looking to promote a model of collaboration that inspires boldness, agility, and accountability.
Learning objectives
- Avoid treating your team members like wrenches, children, or fools — attitudes that are highly demotivating for teams.
- Treat your team members with humanity and genuine interest in their diversity and uniqueness.
- Recognise the drivers of demotivation and know how to respond to signs of "waning motivation".
- Cultivate respect and empathy to prevent demotivation: run a team workshop on mutual respect.
Module outline
- Storytelling“I Stop Demotivating”1'52A fresh perspective on workplace motivation inspired by the book Dix Liberté by S. Boëthius and R. Marchand
- Articles
- BCG study on bureaucracy and disengagement
- What to do when you feel demotivated
- Expert video“Stop Demotivating Your Team Members”7'10The three managerial attitudes to avoid: don't treat your team members like wrenches, children, or fools
- AnchoringQuiz and True/False questions to dive deeper into the topic and cement what you've learned
- Memo cardDownloadable coaching memo card: the key points from the expert video
- CommitmentConcrete examples to help you define your own commitment
- BonusA selection of videos to go further (TED, YouTube)
