Module Overview:
Leaders as Motivators
Kouzes and Posner tell us that people tend to quit when their tasks seem difficult and arduous. Leaders encourage the heart of their constituents to carry on. Encouragement can come from dramatic gestures or simple actions. They go on to say that genuine encouragement shown in different ways, be it by linking rewards with performance or through celebrations and rituals, tremendously motivates people to wade through tough times.
If leadership is defined as getting things done through other people, the ability to create a positive, challenging, and motivating environment is critical. The focus for leaders is to create conditions for people to motivate themselves. This includes the use of motivational tools in practice such as bonus pay, prizes, special recognition, awards, as well as promotions to positions of new responsibility and authority. While effective managers recognize and reward superior performance, leaders also recognize and celebrate acts that uphold the mission and values of the organization while rewarding performance that aligns with the strategy.
A leader will succeed only if he/she has the right people with the right experience and competencies. Thus recruitment, selection, and training are critical to building a culture that upholds the organizational values as well as equipping staff to perform the task and pursue the behaviors essential to implementing the strategy.
In this module, you will explore the importance of leading by example and the need for consistency between a leader’s words and actions. You will also review the importance of integrity and ethics as key leadership currencies using Kouzes and Posner’s leadership principle of “modeling the way.”
ASSIGNMENT:
In today’s turbulent environment, success depends on employees using their skills and capabilities to the fullest. Employee motivation can be a challenge at work. Those leaders who don’t emphasize employee satisfaction as a key part of the organizational strategy will not be able to leverage the potential of the human assets to the fullest.
Every person needs motivation at work. The reasons for working vary widely, but we all work because we obtain something that we need from work. This affects morale, production, retention, and overall quality of life. To create positive employee motivation, employees must have a voice and feel that they are worthy to the team and to the organization.
Based on your research using the module readings, Argosy University online library, and Internet resources:
Module Readings:
Complete the following readings early in the module:
- Read the overview for the Module
- From the textbook, The leadership challenge (5th ed.), read the following chapter:
- Celebrate the Values and Victories
- When Leaders are at Their Best
- The five practices of exemplary leadership (REVIEW)
- Credibility is the foundation of leadership (REVIEW)
- From the Internet, read the following:
Respond to the following:
- Can leaders really motivate employees? If so, how and for how long?
- Is there a way to create and sustain a motivating environment that will also help retain talent? What is it? How does it work?
By Friday May 11, 2018 post your response to the appropriate Discussion Area.
Write your initial response in 300–500 words. Turned-in on time, Plagiarism Free, All assignment qualifications addressed correctly, Grading Criteria followed, Include Question followed by the answer Reference Page Included Cover page Included, Paragraphs Indented, Running-head included, main heading should be centered; all new paragraphs should be indented; paper should have been right ragged, not right justified; references, should always go on a standalone page. abstracts are not usually indented; should be right ragged, and not right justified. acronyms should be spelled out when using them for the first time, for example HR. references as listed are APA standard. When you submit your papers through turnitin.com, you overall similarity index score should not be exceedingly high, with ten to fifteen percent being the maximum, acronyms should be spelled out when using them for the first time, for example HR, abstracts are not usually indented; should be right ragged, and not right justified, Please work on your APA formatting of citations. I have provided the APA resource cite for you. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01, Please work on using literature within the span of the last 5 years, keep in mind there should not be any one, two, or three sentence paragraphs.
Your response should be thorough and address all components of the discussion question in detail, include citations of all sources, where needed, according to the APA Style, and demonstrate accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation
Do the following when responding:
- Read your answers.
- Provide substantive comments by
- contributing new, relevant information from course readings, Web sites, or other sources;
- building on the remarks or questions; or
- sharing practical examples of key concepts from your professional or personal experiences
- Respond to feedback on your posting and provide feedback to ideas.
- Make sure your writing
- is clear, concise, and organized;
- demonstrates ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and
- displays accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
Grading Criteria:
Quality of initial posting, including fulfillment of assignment instructions
Reference to supporting readings and other materials
Language and grammar
