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There is great book on
motivation, "Drive" written by Daniel Pink that everyone should read.
----- nailed it with,
"those of you in --------- this summer will remember talking about motivating staff members. I believe the group came to the conclusion that you cannot motivate someone to do something."
After reading, "Drive" and
being in the educational profession for almost ten years I believe we cannot
motivate all people. People are either extrinsically motivated or intrinsically
motivated. You may be able to inspire to motivate some staff. Other staff will see right through the smoke and
mirrors and go back to doing what they have always done. Pink, writes further about motivation, for
people to be motivated they must be given autonomy, mastery, and purpose.
Autonomy: How often do we
actually give people the freedom to do their job? In education autonomy is rarely given from
policy makers let alone individual schools.
Here is an example from “Drive.”
“You must paint this sort of picture. You must begin precisely at eight-thirty A.M. You must paint with the people we select to work with you. Andy you must paint this way.”
Mastery: How do we change
compliance to engagement? --------, talks
about how he has some teachers that “clock in and clock out” and do very little
extra. They are compliant. “Mastery is an asymptote.” I am preaching to
the choir here, but we are all here to reach mastery. We are an asymptote, we are always seeking to
reach that line, but we can never get close enough. Mastery is pain, Mastery is a mindset. How do we instill this into our staff?
Purpose: We all have purpose
as to why we went into education. What
is yours? How do we grow that purpose
into our staff? This is the challenge! Without purpose we are nothing, we come every
day and collect a check.
Autonomy, Mastery and
Purpose motivates people, not individuals.
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