For this assignment, write about the recent workplace challenge of returning to office and how that impacted team motivation. Youll then create both a slide presentation (Part 1) and a short paper (Part 2). The slide presentation will be designed to motivate the team to overcome the challenge they face. Youll 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 slide presentation, consider the recent workplace challenge of returning to office and how that impacted team motivation, and
Create a pep talk using the three-step approach in The science of pep talks: To fire up your team, draw on a research-proven, three-art formula (Links to an external site.) (McGinn, 2017) to address the challenge.
Present it in a slideshow format using slide notes to fully explain each slide, as if you were presenting it.
Part 2: 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.
VISCUSO, F., & VISCUSO, J. (2011). How to Build Department Morale. Fire Engineering, 164(7), 7782.
McGinn, D. (2017). The science of pep talks: to fire up your team, draw on a research-proven, three-art
formula. Harvard Business Review, 95(4), 133.
