Motivational Conversations
"The core of her program(Dr. Wendy Slusser), however, involves communicating with kids in a style known as motivational interviewing. Instead of dictating advice, doctors try to get patients to articulate by themselves how they can change their behavior. A statement like 'You could ride your bike for an hour instead of sitting at the computer.' will never have the same impact as asking the child what activities they like to do and figuring out how to help them do those activities more often. It's more time consuming, but the payoff is worth it."- Alice Park, Time article on Young Kids, Old Bodies
At this point in the year, most employees have gotten their yearly evaluation and their adjustments. How many feel great about the process? Well, probably the small minority that got higher raises this year than their counterparts. How long does that good adjustment last? I believe the effect of a great raise lasts about a month. After that the grind gets in the way and you quickly forget about the few extra dollars in your check.
How is this related to the quote?
Well, having conversations with team members and employees is something that a leader needs to do more often than once a year. However, I have had leaders who refused to meet with me regularly even though I was their direct report. Sad.
This quote teaches a great strategy for improvement. It spells out that to effectively change a behavior we must get the person doing the behavior to verbalize what change they will implement instead of us driving the change. This gives the person power instead of it feeling like punishment.
Any reasonable change has to come from the inside. It has to be intrinsically driven. It can not be externally driven or it will only last a short time. If it is external, the employee will satisfy the change request but the behavior will re-appear after a year. The employee will go back on the "in trouble" list.
Motivational conversations are very important to team development. It allows the team to self-evaluate their strengths and weaknesses and out loud voice what the team member will do for the benefit of the team. They are more likely to fulfill the self imposed demand because they do not want to let the team down. Very powerful!
Today's question is:
"Do you practice motivational conversations?"
"The core of her program(Dr. Wendy Slusser), however, involves communicating with kids in a style known as motivational interviewing. Instead of dictating advice, doctors try to get patients to articulate by themselves how they can change their behavior. A statement like 'You could ride your bike for an hour instead of sitting at the computer.' will never have the same impact as asking the child what activities they like to do and figuring out how to help them do those activities more often. It's more time consuming, but the payoff is worth it."- Alice Park, Time article on Young Kids, Old Bodies
At this point in the year, most employees have gotten their yearly evaluation and their adjustments. How many feel great about the process? Well, probably the small minority that got higher raises this year than their counterparts. How long does that good adjustment last? I believe the effect of a great raise lasts about a month. After that the grind gets in the way and you quickly forget about the few extra dollars in your check.
How is this related to the quote?
Well, having conversations with team members and employees is something that a leader needs to do more often than once a year. However, I have had leaders who refused to meet with me regularly even though I was their direct report. Sad.
This quote teaches a great strategy for improvement. It spells out that to effectively change a behavior we must get the person doing the behavior to verbalize what change they will implement instead of us driving the change. This gives the person power instead of it feeling like punishment.
Any reasonable change has to come from the inside. It has to be intrinsically driven. It can not be externally driven or it will only last a short time. If it is external, the employee will satisfy the change request but the behavior will re-appear after a year. The employee will go back on the "in trouble" list.
Motivational conversations are very important to team development. It allows the team to self-evaluate their strengths and weaknesses and out loud voice what the team member will do for the benefit of the team. They are more likely to fulfill the self imposed demand because they do not want to let the team down. Very powerful!
Today's question is:
"Do you practice motivational conversations?"
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