Leader as Motivator
- 3 Courses | 1h 18m 20s
- 14 Books | 20h 56m
- 6 Audiobooks | 23h 8m 40s
Effective leaders motivate and inspire others. Learn how to empower your team and create momentum for success.
COURSES INCLUDED
Welcome to the Skillsoft Leadership Development Program
Whether you are an aspiring, new, or experienced leader who leads people or projects, we've designed this curriculum to meet you where you are in your own leadership journey.
1 video |
4m
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Leading through Motivation
Regardless of your title or salary, motivating your team can sometimes be a challenge. Leaders have a vital role to play in creating a motivating environment where they and their teams can excel. In this course, you'll learn about multiple motivation techniques and how to use them to inspire and encourage employees. Conversely, you'll learn how motivation can be undermined and employees demotivated. You'll also learn the characteristics of a motivational leader and the actions that organizations can take for motivating people and keeping employees engaged and excited about their work.
7 videos |
46m
Assessment
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PMI PDU
Leadership Insights on Leading through Motivation
The top motivators take their cues from neuroscience. Instead of barking orders, they assign meaningful work, model motivational behaviors, and offer rewards to deliver long-lasting results. Follow their lead with these motivational musts.
9 videos |
27m
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Skillsoft is providing you the opportunity to earn a digital badge upon successful completion on some of our courses, which can be shared on any social network or business platform.
Digital badges are yours to keep, forever.BOOKS INCLUDED
Book
MIT Sloan Management Review Article on Leader as MotivatorIn this collection of articles from MIT Sloan Management Review, you'll learn how to keep your company going and the best ways to motivate employees.
51m
By MIT Sloan Management Review
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MIT Sloan Management Review Article on Need Motivation at Work? Try Giving AdviceThis article from MIT Sloan Management Review discusses how research shows that giving advice, rather than receiving it, is key for motivation.
2m
By Ayelet Fishbach, Lauren Eskreis-Winkler
BOOK SUMMARY
MIT Sloan Management Review Article on What Makes Work Meaningful -- Or MeaninglessIn this article from MIT Sloan Management Review, you'll learn how to make work more enjoyable and engaging for employees.
20m
By MIT Sloan Management Review
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MIT Sloan Management Review Article on Why Sharing Good News MattersThis article from MIT Sloan Management Review shows that taking an intentional approach to sharing positive stories can help leaders boost employee morale.
4m
By Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio
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MIT Sloan Management Review Article on How Job Crafting Can Make Work More SatisfyingThis article from MIT Sloan Management Review provides a four-step framework that can empower workers to transform the jobs they have into the jobs they want.
4m
By Ashish Malik, Ben Laker, Charmi Patel, Pawan Budhwar
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MIT Sloan Management Review Article on Salary, Benefits, Bonus . . . and BeingIn this article from MIT Sloan Management Review, you'll learn how "emotional intelligence" can be used to attract and retain talent, as well as promote employee engagement.
2m
By MIT Sloan Management Review
BOOK SUMMARY
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take ActionIf you find that your career doesn't provide fulfillment, it may be because your work culture has lost sight of WHY it exists. In Start with WHY, Simon Sinek opens readers' eyes to the intrinsic motivations of companies. In this Review, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
5m
By Simon Sinek
BOOK SUMMARY
Why Motivating People Doesn't Work...and What Does: The New Science of Leading, Energizing, and EngagingWhy Motivating People Doesn't Work…And What Does provides an indispensable guide to really understanding how motivation works for all employers and team leaders. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
8m
By Susan Fowler
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20 Minutes to a Top Performer: Three Fast and Effective Conversations to Motivate, Develop, and Engage Your EmployeesOffering a blueprint to helping your people succeed, this book explains how to engage your employees through specific, focused conversations so they can contribute valuable talent to your organization for the long term.
2h 32m
By Alan Vengel
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Great Motivation Secrets of Great LeadersThrough the incredible life stories of highly successful men and women, this book's combination of leadership principles and real-life stories can easily be applied to your own career and dreams, linking personal actions to organizational results.
4h 10m
By John Baldoni
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100 Ways to Motivate Others: How Great Leaders Can Produce Insane Results without Driving People Crazy, Third EditionBased on years of successful live workshops, seminars, and personal coaching programs on communication and leadership, this user-friendly book offers fresh insights into communication and rapid decision-making, the importance of personal self-leadership and physical energy, and more.
3h 1m
By Scott Richardson, Steve Chandler
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Creating Passion-Driven Teams: How To Stop Micromanaging and Motivate People to Top PerformanceDrawing from the author's 20 years of consulting experience, extensive studies of best practices and the latest in neuroscience research, this book will show you how to tap your team's natural motivations and achieve consistent, sustained top performance.
2h 38m
By Dan Bobinski
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Be a Project Motivator: Unlock the Secrets of Strengths-Based Project ManagementWith reflective questions to make the ideas stick and key strategies for success, this book shows how behavior, language, and attitudes affect engagement and how leveraging character strengths can help improve relationships, increase innovation, and build higher-functioning teams.
3h 29m
By Ruth Pearce
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Full Engagement!: Inspire, Motivate, and Bring Out the Best in Your PeopleA manager's role is to achieve the highest possible return on the physical, emotional, and mental effort that his or her people put forth. In this essential guide, business success expert Brian Tracy shows how all managers can hold the keys to unlocking superstar performance from their teams.
3h 30m
By Brian Tracy
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AUDIOBOOKS INCLUDED
AUDIOBOOK SUMMARY
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take ActionIf you find that your career doesn't provide fulfillment, it may be because your work culture has lost sight of WHY it exists. In Start with WHY, Simon Sinek opens readers' eyes to the intrinsic motivations of companies. In this Review, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
10m 5s
By Simon Sinek
AUDIOBOOK SUMMARY
Why Motivating People Doesn't Work...and What Does: The New Science of Leading, Energizing, and EngagingWhy Motivating People Doesn't Work…And What Does provides an indispensable guide to really understanding how motivation works for all employers and team leaders. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
15m 48s
By Susan Fowler
AUDIOBOOK SUMMARY
Motivation and Performance: A Guide to Motivating a Diverse WorkforceMotivation and Performance provides guidelines to understand what drives an individual's behavior and how to develop a diverse and engaged workforce. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
24m 11s
By Adrian Furnham, Ian MacRae
Audiobook
Full Engagement!: Inspire, Motivate, and Bring Out the Best in Your PeopleIn this audio edition, Brian Tracy shows how all managers can hold the keys to unlocking superstar performance from their teams. Read by the author.
6h 5m 10s
By Brian Tracy
Audiobook
How to Get People to Do Stuff: Master the Art and Science of Persuasion and MotivationThis audio edition explains how to use the art of persuasion to get what you want.
7h 17m 43s
By Susan M. Weinschenk
Audiobook
The Harvard Business Review Leader's Handbook: Make an Impact, Inspire Your Organization, and Get to the Next LevelThis audio edition provides concise explanations of proven leadership frameworks from Harvard Business Review contributors.
8h 55m 43s
By Brook Manville, Ron Ashkenas
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SKILL BENCHMARKS INCLUDED
Leading Your Team
Great teams don't come together by accident. Successful leaders know that putting together an efficient and effective team requires planning, forethought, honest assessment, and a little trial and error. And once you've put the team together, then comes the work of coaching, motivating, and managing them. In this Leading Your Team Unit benchmark, you'll have the opportunity to see where your team building, and team leading skills currently stand and learn where you can further develop and refine your abilities to lead your team to success. This benchmark evaluates your understanding of this topic. Being aware of potential knowledge gaps allows you to better understand your current competency and areas for improvement, so you can find suitable content and curate your own learning path. The courses recommended at the end of this benchmark can help you fill potential gaps in your knowledge.
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