Starter Video Clip for Motivation

This is an amazing, amazing clip to introduce the topic of motivation....

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Q&A - What is Leadership?

There are many ways of looking at leadership and interpretations about what it means. Leadership means different things to different people.  It is often taken to represent:

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Leadership styles in action - Dead Poets Society

Robin Williams stars in this short clip which illustrates the potential for inspirational leadership styles…

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Motivation in action - the stairs theory

How does a business motivate its staff to focus on the activities that are most effective?  The trick is understanding the nature of human behaviour.  Make something fun - and more people will do it more of the time....

Forget motivation theory - lets try to demotivate people

It turns out motivation theory may had it the wrong way round after all.  According to this web site, the trick is to focus on “demotivators” - an approach that seeks to increase success by lowering expectations…

Motivation in practice - how not to do it - lessons from Britain’s bosses

The recession of 2009 has put bosses and managers under great strain.  And it seems that one result is an increasingly de-motivated workforce.  That’s not surprising if the actions of some of Britain’s bosses are being repeated across the land…

Work For Free?  Or Pie In The Sky?

How many students would go to work for free?

Well bosses of British Airways will be hoping that non-financial motivation exists, as they have asked staff to volunteer to work for free (or take unpaid leave) for up to a month, in an attempt to ensure that the firm can win the fight for survival.

This BBC article could be tied in with two topics on the new Edexcel Specifications:

Q&A - Explain “delayering”

The traditional way to achieve a flatter organisational structure is through de-layering.  De-layering involves removing one or more levels of hierarchy from the organisational structure. 

Motivating employees - the end of the mobile phone sales shark?

A great example to use when discussing the importance of financial incentives as a way of motivating employees to maximise revenues.  The Carphone Warehouse has decided to abandon the use of sales-related commissions for its store staff…

Motivation in Action - Is this the Worlds Best Job?

A classic piece of public relations from the tourist authorities in Queensland provides us with some rich material with which to teach motivation at work.

It is described as “the world’s best job” - looking after a beautiful island on the Great Barrier Reef, being paid well, with a wonderful house and a host of other non-financial benefits.  So what is it about that job that attracts over 34,000 applicants?  Could it also have been the reality TV show that accompanied the recruitment and selection process?

Take a look at this BBC vide which tells us about the “Pom” who won the competition.

Students might also want to compare and contrast the Australian “Best job in the world” with this job...described in the same glowing way. Which would you choose - given the chance?