Learning to be a Motivator

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Learning to be a Motivator

• By Vanessa Ayola-Betancourt
• Becoming a Technical Leader
• Weingberg Chapter 13

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Agenda

• Introduction
• Definition of rules
• Survival rules
• Meta-rules
• Leadership and rules
• Transforming rules into guides
• Conclusion

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Survival Rules

• Everyone has some rules for dealing with other
  people
• Example
• What sort of suit to wear if you are a banker
• The Proper way to interact with others
• We tend to think of them as universal truths

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Introduction

• In chapter 13, Weingber introduces concepts,
  techniques, and guidelines about learning to
  motivate people from a leadership standpoint.
• How leaders should manage rules, and how they
  can transform rules in guidelines

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What is a Rule?

• Standardization, a formal and widely-accepted
  statement, fact, definition, or qualification
• Norm (philosophy), a kind of sentence or a reason
  to act, feel or believe
• Source Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Meta-Rules

• Rules about rules
• Meta-rules control the flow of ideas about rules,
  and thus determine how readily we can learn new
  rules, or unlearn old ones.
• Meta-rules determine how easily we can change the
  way we interact with others

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Leadership and Rules

• A Problem-Solving leader is concerned with rules,
  because they have a strong influence on the flow
  of ideas
• Understanding about rules will help leaders to
  figure out how to reach other people, and
  therefore, motivate them.

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Transforming Rules into Guides

• To be an effective leader, create a guide rather
  than a rule
• Step-by-step process
• Step 1 State the rule clearly and explicitly
• I must always help everyone

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• Step 2 Acknowledge the rules survival value and
  strike a bargain with your unconscious mind
• Old rules can stay the same, they also can be
  modified to your convenience. However, you can
  always go back to the old rule
• Example
• Driving a car in London

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• Step 3 Give yourself a choice
• The old rule was your own choice. You can choose
  whether to use it or not
• Old rule
• I must always help everyone
• Transform old rule to
• I can always help everybody (If I choose to).

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• Step 4 Change from certainty to possibility
• Perfection rule (old)
• I must always be perfectly effective.
• Transform to
• I can always help everybody (if I choose to)
• Step 5 Change the rule from totality to
  non-totality
• Get rid of Universal statements
• I can sometimes help some others (if I choose
  to).

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• Step 6 Change from general to particular
• Decide which people and when
• be aware that you have choices
• Give at least three examples as in
• I can help other people when
• They ask me clearly for help
• I have the skills to help them
• I have the resources to help them
• it fits to help them
• I choose to help them
• I will be able to tolerate failure to help

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Conclusion

• There are two types of rules survival rules and
  meta-rules
• Survival rules and meta-rules play a vital role
  in the motivation process
• Survival rules and meta-rules can change with
  time but also by applying the step-by-step
  transformation
• The transformation process help leaders to
  understand how to be effective with other people