Motivation through Innovation | Origin: LS105R
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Your Leadership Toolkit --> Motivation through Innovation
Post what you've learned about this topic and how you intend to apply it. Feel free to post questions and comments too.
Appreciative inquiry is a better approach for people to share their ideas and dreams. Whereas, asking others what went wrong wouldn't provide that same platform. Focusing on the negative can more likely keep motivation low, but being able to expand on others designs and dreams can expand on innovation.
Going over expectations that are not being met should not occur continually. Leaders mush have a way to break this cycle so the infections of the person does not spread to others.
This section definitely presents new ways of thinking about challenges and supporting the development of positive outcomes through a more positive approach. With that being said, I can also see some very big (not to sound negative here) impracticalities with focusing our approaches on the students that are succeeding well in their programs of study versus addressing the needs of the "20-percenters."
Appreciative inquiry gives people a chance to be heard. It can generate opportunities for people to dream and share their dreams.
Being able to come up with new ideas of tackling problems and improving processes is an absolute necessity in every line of work, but especially in education. Things are changing daily, and often times, a simple switch in the way a process is done or eliminating a form or meeting can help streamline and improve things. It's just a matter of thinking in new ways.
I learned that a leader could foster innovation by setting the stage by making sure the environment supports innovation.
It is important to rephrase words that have a negative connotation. By using appreciative inquiry, people can focus on what is working well. This can enhance motivation for the team.
Appreciative inquiry will help reframe how we think of something and give it an opportunity for a makeover. It can help provide encouragement and opportunity for the innovative thinking that is needed, thus turning around the negative culture.
Appreciative inquiry fosters innovation and a sense of belonging in a team
I'll agree with many of my colleagues here. Appreciative Inquiry provides a reasonable approach to altering a negative culture.
The steps of Appreciative Inquiry. Make the team feel comfortable through a positive environment. Focus on what is working well and continue to make those investments.
I need to ask better questions!
My team and I are going through Appreciative Advising certification for coaching clients/students, and it is interesting to see the parallels between it and appreciative inquiring. Appreciative Advising includes other steps though incorporating "disarm" at the beginning and "don't settle" at the end. Though we apply it towards our students, it is important to remember to apply it internally.
I have not been leading well. WOW!
Always look at what you are doing well and limit your focus on what is going wrong. This motivates the team to see more opportunities to improve rather than seeing what we are doing wrong.
I think being a leader that you have to set the stage for your employees. Everyone has a different mindset on how their job or role should be performed. However, being a leader it is our responsibility to assure that the structure is there from the start, and make sure if we see a struggle that we are there to assist them during that time.
I LOVE this section... the tools "Setting the Stage" is a literal blueprint for PROACTIVELY taking ownership of your leadership, communications and how you motivate. Eliminating "limiting: mindsets, facilitating innovation and always "structuring" verbiage to become a precursor to the thoughts, ideas, concepts that you want to address, solve or bring attention to. This approach really resonated with me as it relates to owning facilitation of successful communication.
we can present challenges in a new light with a focus on what's working and expand on that.
Incorporating motivational techniques and innovative strategies in leadership and teaching can lead to increased engagement, productivity and performance.
