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Course Overview
Are you struggling with employees who disengage from their work and simply collect a paycheck? This course is for new managers looking to motivate and engage their employees amidst contemporary challenges such as remote work, generational change, and evolving employee expectations.
This course has been approved for 4 PDUs | 4 CDUs
Course Objectives
- Learn what employee engagement is and why it matters.
- Describe key trends of the modern workplace.
- Understand the key principles of Herzberg’s Hygiene Factors and Motivators and McClelland’s Acquired Needs Theory.
- Employ these classic theories with employees.
- Utilize the Plant principle to motivate and engage employees.
- Effectivley implement best practices when preparing to motivate and engage employees
Course Outline
The New Workplace and Engagement
- Why Engagement Matters
- The Employee connection challenge.
- Hybrid work and Generation Z are challenging how we think about work.
- Burnout is the new productivity killer.
Applying Classic Motivational Theories to Today’s Workplace
- Overview of Herzberg’s Hygiene Factors and Motivators.
- Understanding McClelland’s Acquired Needs Theory.
- The theories’ application in a modern context.
Nurturing Your Employees for Peak Engagement and Motivation
- What is the Plant principle?
- Utilizing the Plant principle to foster motivation that both addresses individual preferences and connects employees to purpose.
- An engagement and motivation checklist.