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Boost collaboration by better understanding what motivates yourself and others
Friction and misunderstandings in work relationships are constant drains on efficiency and cause frustration and problems. When individuals better understand themselves, they can bring their best skills and talents to their work, and collaborate more impactfully and enjoyably with others.
Essential Motivators™ provides a framework to help learners identify their core psychological needs, values, talents, and behaviors to better understand themselves and others, be more effective, and appreciate different perspectives. |
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Uncover core strengths and needs
Essential Motivators teaches an easy-to-apply system of four patterns—Air, Earth, Fire, and Water—that helps people become more comfortable with themselves and more collaborative and effective with others.
To identify their Essential Motivators pattern, learners are guided through a process of self-discovery. In this process, they:
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One-Day Instructor-Led Course
Essential Motivators is a one-day in-person session that is based on an easy-to-understand theory of temperament that will help participants better understand themselves and others and learn to value and appreciate different perspectives.
Pre-Work: LAUNCH—Participants engage in a self-study eLearning module and fill in an interactive worksheet (about 25 minutes to complete).
LEARN & PRACTICE—Participants come together for one 8-hour in-person session, including 45 minutes for lunch and four 10-minute breaks. The instructor-led training features interactive group exercises, testimonial videos, and motion graphic videos to teach how Essential Motivators is a lens through which we identify our patterns of core psychological needs, values, talents, and behaviors.
Learners dive deep into the four patterns: Fire, Earth, Air, and Water. Each pattern has different core needs, values, talents, and behaviors, which are explored through discussions on:
Essential Motivators is a one-day in-person session that is based on an easy-to-understand theory of temperament that will help participants better understand themselves and others and learn to value and appreciate different perspectives.
Pre-Work: LAUNCH—Participants engage in a self-study eLearning module and fill in an interactive worksheet (about 25 minutes to complete).
LEARN & PRACTICE—Participants come together for one 8-hour in-person session, including 45 minutes for lunch and four 10-minute breaks. The instructor-led training features interactive group exercises, testimonial videos, and motion graphic videos to teach how Essential Motivators is a lens through which we identify our patterns of core psychological needs, values, talents, and behaviors.
Learners dive deep into the four patterns: Fire, Earth, Air, and Water. Each pattern has different core needs, values, talents, and behaviors, which are explored through discussions on:
- Discovering your superpower—who you are at your core—so you can develop and grow.
- Understanding yourself at a deeper level and learning how your core needs influence your motivation, career satisfaction, communication, and problem-solving.
- Discovering your unique stressors and shadows and learning how to manage them.
- Shifting your perspective and accepting others for who they are and what they need, even if they are different from you.
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Understanding employee motivators equips you to meet their needs
When employees feel their needs have been met, they report a 30% higher capacity to focus, a nearly 50% higher level of engagement, and a 63% greater likelihood to stay at the company. [1]
[1]. Harvard Business Review, The Power of Meeting Your Employees’ Needs. |
Understand Different Perspectives To Fuel Deeper Collaboration
The Essential Motivators framework was developed by author and expert Linda Berens, who has over forty years of experience in teaching people to recognize their strengths, transcend their weaknesses, and work together better.
The Essential Motivators framework was developed by author and expert Linda Berens, who has over forty years of experience in teaching people to recognize their strengths, transcend their weaknesses, and work together better.
Increase Effectiveness Organizational effectiveness rises as people learn how to recognize others' core needs and work more collaboratively and synergistically. |
Improve Employee Engagement Helps people learn how their core needs influence their motivation, career satisfaction, communication, and problem-solving. |
Boost Empathy Increases appreciation for diversity and inclusion as people shift perspectives and learn to accept others for who they are. |
Deepen Collaboration Strengthens relationships and understanding of each other’s perspectives, building empathy and trust. |
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