Video Resources

Video Resource 10.1:  Finding your purpose at work (11:08 min)

Description:  Katie McNerney is an entrepreneur passionate about increasing social impact by helping mission-driven organizations recruit and develop leadership talent. Watch as Katie explains how to find your purpose at work, and the superhero in all of us.

Learning Objectives

LO 10.1: Describe the motivation process of energizing, directing, and sustaining behavior.

LO 10.5: Demonstrate understanding of positive reinforcement by providing an example.

Video Resource 10.2:  Stop searching for your passion (10:47 min)

Description:  What are you passionate about? You’re told these five words hold the key to a successful career and life purpose. What if it’s the wrong question altogether? This talk turns the ubiquitous “find your passion” message on its ear.

Learning Objectives

LO 10.1: Describe the motivation process of energizing, directing, and sustaining behavior.

LO 10.2: List and define the needs described in Maslow’s Hierarchy.

Video Resource 10.3:  Why the secret to success is setting the right goals (11:51 min)

Description:   In this practical talk, John Doerr shows us how we can get back on track with “Objectives and Key Results,” or OKRs – a goal-setting system that's been employed by the likes of Google, Intel and Bono to set and execute on audacious goals.

Learning Objectives

LO 10.3: Discuss how expectations of the future relate to high job performance.

LO 10.4: Provide examples for each motivating property of SMART goals.

Web Resources

Web Resource 10.1:  Does fairness matter to the success of organizational change efforts?

Description:  The author explains the concept of fairness and breaks it down in a manner that is applicable in the workplace.

Learning Objectives

LO 10.5: Demonstrate understanding of positive reinforcement by providing an example.

LO 10.6: Explain why fairness matters to employees.