Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review the following resources:
The science of pep talks: To fire up your team, draw on a research-proven, three-art formula
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How to build department morale
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Creating a purpose-driven business: Part 2—Developing your positioning statement
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How to Keep Your Team Motivated (Links to an external site.)
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Self-Efficacy in the Workplace: Implications for Motivation and Performance (Links to an external site.)
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For this assignment, you will think about a recent workplace challenge that impacted team motivation. You’ll then create both a short paper (Part 1) and a slide presentation (Part 2). The slide presentation will be designed to motivate the team to overcome the challenge they face. You’ll script the slides as if you are talking directly to the team. This exercise is useful to prepare you for future situations in which you may need to motivate a team. The short paper will provide you an opportunity to explain the rationale and scholarship behind your design for the slide presentation for the team.
Part 1: In your paper:
Discuss the recent workplace challenge that you are addressing in your slide presentation.
Analyze the potential causes for the impact to team motivation.
Identify how you used the three-step approach to create a pep talk in your presentation.
Evaluate three additional research-based strategies you could use to motivate the team.
Provide scholarly rationale for your each of your choices.