...Creating a Plan for Positive Influence Amanda Geiger LDR/531 August 29, 2011 Donna Samuels A positive influence in the workplace helps maintain a team’s motivation, satisfaction, and performance. Leaders in the workplace must ensure employees are properly inspired to complete the task at hand. This paper will show the importance and capacity motivation, satisfaction, and performance has on a team. Motivation Employee motivation increases employee satisfaction. Various ways managers and leaders can motivate employees are job security benefits, recognition of hard work, compensation, paid time off, and a safe work environment (Heathfield, para. 8). Different forms of motivation work for different people because everyone has separate interests so managers must keep this in mind when motivating teams to achieve the tasks or goal. Any team thrives on motivation and only good communication can foster motivation. According to (Robbins & Judge, 2011), “Communication fosters motivation by clarifying to employees what they must do, how well they are doing, and how to improve performance if it is subpar.” Motivation creates satisfaction and enhanced performance for employees and the team. Satisfaction A satisfied employee tends to perform better and brings more productivity to the team because a satisfied employee creates a good work environment. Employee satisfaction is defined as the individual employee’s general attitude toward the job (HumanResources...
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...LDR 531 Entire Course (New) For more course tutorials visit www.ldr531help.com LDR 531 Week 1 Quiz LDR 531 Week 1 Discussion Question 1 LDR 531 Week 1 Discussion Question 2 LDR 531 Week 2 Mentorship Agreement Form LDR 531 Week 2 Mentorship Meeting Worksheet LDR 531 Week 2 Individual Assignment Professional Development Plan LDR 531 Week 2 LT Reflection LDR 531 Week 2 Quiz LDR 531 Week 2 Discussion Question 1 LDR 531 Week 2 Discussion Question 2 LDR 531 Week 3 Mentorship Meeting Worksheet LDR 531 Week 3 Individual Assignment Leadership Style Paper LDR 531 Week 3 LT Reflection LDR 531 Week 3 Quiz LDR 531 Week 3 Discussion Question 1 LDR 531 Week 3 Discussion Question 2 LDR 531 Week 4 Mentorship Meeting Worksheet LDR 531 Week 4 Team Assignment Conflict Resolution LDR 531 Week 4 Quiz LDR 531 Week 4 Discussion Question 1 LDR 531 Week 4 Discussion Question 2 LDR 531 Week 5 Mentorship Meeting Worksheet LDR 531 Week 5 Individual Assignment Motivation Plan Paper LDR 531 Week 5 LT Reflection LDR 531 Week 5 Quiz LDR 531 Week 5 Discussion Question 1 LDR 531 Week 5 Discussion Question 2 LDR 531 Week 6 Mentorship Meeting Worksheet LDR 531 Week 6 Team Assignment Failure Analysis and Change Strategy LDR 531 Week 6 Quiz LDR 531 Week 6 Discussion Question 1 LDR 531 Week 6 Discussion Question 2 LDR 531 Final Exam Guide LDR 531 Entire Course And Final Guide For more course tutorials visit www.ldr531help.com LDR 531 Entire Course And Final Guide ----...
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...A Plan for Positive Influence James Andrews LDR/531 August 22, 2012 Alfredia Martin A Plan for Positive Influence This papers strategy is to creating a plan for positive influence and what it will take to apply the plan for the team in a business setting. A plan will be showed that would increase the team’s motivation, satisfaction, and performance. To evaluate how attitudes and emotions influence behaviors, this discussion will discuss attitudes and job satisfaction. The discussion will start by describing what attitudes are and how to effectively deal with attitudes. Attitudes An attitude is described as the way that a person or thing feels about another person or thing, whether it is in a positive or negative way. According to University of Phoenix, Leadership in Organizations; “attitudes are evaluative statements, either favorable or unfavorable, concerning objects, people, or events.” It determines how employee feels about either a person or thing. (University of Phoenix, 2008) Attitudes can be very complicated when an individual displays how he or she is feeling. An employee can ask someone how he or she feels about another employee, place or thing and, the individual will gladly give a response, but when one go farther and ask why he or she feels that way. Then it will go deeper in depth-on answering why the employee feels that way. This occurs when attitudes become more complicated but at the same time can team to effectively understanding each other...
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...Professional Development Plan LDR/531 March 2, 2015 Lynette Hurst Professional Development Plan Planning a detailed strategy to form an action plan in regard to achieving a preferred goals and objectives within an organization is known as a professional development plan. Professional development plans consist of the goals, skills, and competency essential for the organization to succeed organizational development and growth. Managers create the development plan by working carefully with employees and identifying his or her skills associated with the goals and objectives established by the organization. In the work environment, the DiSC assessment is important in the process of developing an effective professional plan. In this assignment the DiSC, The Platinum Rule divides behavioral preferences into four basic styles known as DiSC in regard to, dominance, interactive, steadiness, and cautious style (Alessandra, N.D). Managers can use the assessments of each team member for mentoring, performance development plans and team building, as well as conflict resolution. This week's assignment consists of creating a Professional Development Plan to address the characteristics of individual Learning Team C members both individually and as a group and the ability to lead them. Team C members are Michael Fogoros, Dustin Jorah, Carlos Peralta and Eric Scott. Individual members DiSC assessment Learning Team...
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...Running head: IMPLEMENTING A LEADERSHIP CHANGE Assignment: Options for Implementing a Leadership Change YOUR NAME LDR/531 DATE NAME OF PROFESSOR Options for Implementing a Leadership Change Gene One is moving into the future by transitioning from a private company into an Initial Public Offering (IPO). Becoming an IPO means the executives who have investments in Gene One will give up their limited ownership and make the investments and ownership available to the public. (The IPO Process, 2009). Such a transition is bound to create conflict and disharmony, and executives at Gene One have mixed feelings about the change. (University of Phoenix (UOP), 2004). Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Don Ruiz, is initiating the change and is excited about the company being able to serve the public. Michelle Houghton, Gene One’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), feels very emotionally protective of her ownership in the company because she invested everything she had into Gene One. Marketing officer Charles Jones has no personal investment in Gene One and believes in innovation and moving towards the future and is emotionally detached. Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Teri Roberson is emotionally attached to Gene One because she was part of the original start up group, but is passionate about her work. The opportunity to expand into breakthrough discoveries by becoming an IPO may allow her to overcome her fear of change. Greg Thoman, Chief Human Resources (HR) Officer...
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...Creating a Plan for Positive Influence LDR/531 October 1, 2012 Christine Pettiford Lynette Grizelle The summer has ended and it is time to start planning for the 2013 summer program. With the planning on the way the center has hired four more team players to help run the center and help with the summer program plans. The team members are: Christine (the head coordinator), Dani (an employee for three years and has helped with the program for the past two years and she is very open minded to change), Mike (is new to the center and ex military with a strong over powering tone), Fran (is new and one of the youngest team members and has worked for the YMCA in the past with their summer program), Vaughen (is new and has an follow the leader attitude), and the last new hire is Ebony (she has a take control attitude and is very pushy). This is the team that is going to help plan for 2013 summer program at the center. They have been given a year to have it all planned out from the programs, cost, events, field trips, transportation, and so on. But as they go into their first meeting there is already tension in the air with some of the team members. Christine has notices that there are some personalities that are trying to overpower others. It is causing attitudes to run high and emotions to carry over into the work place. The best way to help with this is to first call a team meeting to talk about the issues at hand. In the meeting the main topics that need to be addressed would...
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...Creating a Plan for Positive Influence LDR 531 January 10, 2011 Creating a Plan for Positive Influence In the 21st Century, America has shifted from individual using his or her skills to combining different employees to a group to get more work production. This is a fairly new process to many human resource departments in the United States. Companies and organizations are continuingly seeking multiple ways to increase a team motivation, satisfaction, and performance. The difficult segment of the process is dealing with human different behaviors, such as personalities, emotions, attitudes, and values. This paper will outline a positive plan that businesses will be able to implement to increase their teams production and happiness. Motivation Team motivation is one the most important elements that could help teams succeed. Industrial psychologist Fredrick Herzberg discovered during his motivational theory research that true motivators are achievement, recognition, responsibility, and advancement. To increase motivation within a team setting, these areas are required to be addressed: 1. Achievement- Ensure that each member sees his or her value of their work and contributions that help benefit the company. Allow the feedback from the clients or customer be known to the team for exceptional performance or service 2. Recognition- Managers should take time out of work schedule to congratulate and praise employees to for jobs well done. 3. Responsibility- Create...
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...Implementing a Leadership Change LDR/531 January 31, 2011 Options for Implementing Change In 1996, Gene One entered the biotech industry with groundbreaking gene technology that eliminated disease in tomatoes and potatoes. As a result, farmers no longer needed to use pesticides when growing these plants and consumers were pleased to buy homegrown products untainted by chemicals. Gene One grew from $2 million to a $400 million company in eight years (University of Phoenix, 2011). Gene One’s success also brought with it an increase of stock indices on Wall Street indicative of an augmented interest in the biotechnology field. Leadership changes at the Food and Drug administration increased confidence in investors in the biotechnology field. Don Ruiz and board members believed a 40 percent annual growth target would keep them competitive. Don Ruiz believed the way to acquire additional funding to maximize growth and remain successful would be an initial public offering (IPO) within three years. Upper management and board members varied leadership styles prove to be challenging when considering a replacement for the chief executive officer (CEO) Don Ruiz. Some members of Gene One management team was not in agreement with an initial public offering, expressed reservations. Some members of management expressed concern of managers being deficient in their leadership skills, experience to handle the next level, and suggested terminating these managers...
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...Motivation Plan LDR/531 Motivation Plan Motivation is an important part to any organization. Motivation will drive the purpose of a department and help with customer satisfaction, help a business to be profitable and keep employees happy and satisfied. In a transportation organization there are many gears that need to be well greased in order to keep the wheels turning. For the departments or divisions to remain intact employees must be well trained in daily tasks and be motivated to keep moving forward. Customer service, driver retention, low truck idling to save fuel, and best practices are an important key to keep a trucking company in business. However it all depends on the internal employee’s performances and how the company’s leaders intend it to do so. The 651 division of NFI in Waxahachie, TX provides logistical solutions for General Motors and the Ford Motor Company. This division has a team of 5 members and one project manager. This group monitors 180 truck drivers daily that picks up runs from the East Coast to the Midwest and does daily shuttle runs from supplier to automotive plants. The organizational requirements are low fuel cost, low payroll additions, practical routes, low driver turn-over rates, on-time preventative maintenance on trucks and trailers, and no negative safety impacts. All loads must be delivered in real time with no negative impact to the customers. It is imperative that there be motivational plan in place...
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...Creating a Plan R. Butler LDR/531 March 11, 2013 Robert Sell Creating a Plan The objective is to create a plan for positive influence may be applied to any type of a business plan or setting that will increase a team or group’s motivation, performance, and satisfaction with the organization. The plan will be centered on specific attitudes, emotions, personalities, and values that members of the team or group can collaborate with each other on how the differences influences each member’s behavior in a business setting. A business setting has three essential factors that a group or team need to increase productivity in a business environment. The leader in the team setting has must make certain steps that will inspire members or the team or group to become motivated to complete the task. One difficult part of the process is able to deal with different human behavior personalities, values, emotions, and attitudes. Motivation is important to the team or groups, the element that will help the group to succeed. Achievement, recognition, responsibility and advancement and establishing a strong relationship with each member will also help to increase motivation. Satisfaction and performance contributes to the teams or groups satisfaction in the organization that includes perks. By increasing the team’s satisfaction such as flexibility, rewards, and fulfillment and working environment it will also increase the performance of the team. Employees’ determine that they are satisfied if...
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...Creating a Plan for Positive Influence University of Phoenix LDR 531 November 22, 2010 Creating a Plan for Positive Influence The Learning Team has been assigned a large project. A plan will be created that may be applied in a business setting and would increase the team’s motivation, satisfaction, and performance. Specific differences in attitudes, emotions, personalities, and values will be addressed in collaboration. How each difference influences behavior will be discussed. How these differences will be effectively implemented in the plan to positively influence the team will be discussed. All team environments can be challenging. In order for the team to work together, the team must realize one another’s personalities. Every team member must be aware of his or her own personality and how he or she will work into the team. The personality characteristics must be understood as in relation to the other team member’s personalities. Learning one’s own personality will enable the team to not only learn about themselves but better work with other team personalities. Motivation, Satisfaction, and Performance In order to increase the team’s motivation, satisfaction, and performance one must maintain a well-balanced order. A brainstorm activity with the team to discover one another’s characteristic traits from a creative forum would be a starting point. By learning one another’s creative side one can gain the insight into what the individual really has a passion...
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...Addressing Challenges of Groups and Teams Toni McCauley Annette Davis Chantel Martin University of Phoenix LDR/531 Addressing Challenges of Groups and Teams Leading groups and teams can be a challenge with itself. It takes a fair degree of influence, planning, and motivation to keep the group working together on a common goal. When the group is given a task it is important to have clear objectives and a solid plan of how those objectives will be obtained. In this paper Team B will set up a plan to implement the operational changes set forth by Desert Communications. Presenting and training for the change Due to the Desert’s declining communications market they have decided to add additional services to boost their profits. Some of the new services will include phone insurance, additional minutes, and road side service. There will be a meeting to present the proposed changes to the team. Management wants to make sure the team understands the objectives and is fully committed to the project. Group performance will be higher when its members are highly motivated to attain shared objectives (Yukl, 2010, p. 338). Because there are employees that perform various jobs the leader must make sure...
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...LEADERSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONS Nicole Augustus Ghoram LDR/531 MARCH 19,2012 KAREN HAWKINS JACKSON LEADERSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONS Everybody has once dreamed about becoming a leader at one time in their life. I can recall a time in my younger years, where I always have wanted to own my own business. My plan was to start my own business and hire people to work for me, so that I can stay at home, shop, and travel. Unfortunately, becoming a good leader has to be developed. I think we have all once thought about becoming a leader, whether it was in an organization, political, religious, or even on a job. Everybody isn’t designed to leader, because if so, no one would volunteer to become a follower. A good leader is developed through experience, education, training, and self-study, which is a continued process for a leader ( Jago, 1982). I will discuss the Behavior Approach on Leadership. I will explain the strengths/weakness of this trait and also provide an example of this trait, and how it is used in an organization. BEHAVIOR LEADERSHIP APPROACH According to "Behavior Leadership" (2004-2012), "Behavior Leadership is a study of the actions or behaviors that define a leadership style” (Behavior Leadership). A leader must first know who they are and what they can do. Basically, they must possess a level of confidence that will inspire others to follow. A leader must be ethical and honorable, which give others an impression that they have an understanding of the organization...
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...Positive Influence Plan LDR/531 Positive Influence Plan Different personalities of team members influence team dynamics and performance. Varying levels of motivation can change team objectives, and work satisfaction can translate in how the team successfully or unsuccessfully accomplishes the intended purpose. A working knowledge of how these factors can influence a team’s performance is an immense asset for managers and team leaders to understand. This plan of positive influence emphasizes the prospect of increasing team performance by means of identifying how these factors are associated with individual personal attitudes, emotions, and values. This plan will summarize the way we plan to use these influences and provides conclusions related to positive influence in team performance. Planning to increase a team’s motivation, satisfaction, and performance requires an understanding of how motivation drives team performance. When working on extended projects this becomes even more important as the team progress through the different phases of project completion. When individual team members are not satisfied with his or her job they are usually not comfortable with the team concept. Using the attitudes, emotions, values, and personalities of employees to motivate their team performance creates...
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...Creating a Plan for Positive Influence Stephanie Sparks LDR/531 May 14, 2011 Dr. Elmer Hall In this paper, a plan will describe ways in which a team can collaborate to increase the team’s motivation, satisfaction, and performance in a business setting. Specifically, the plan will demonstrate how similarities and differences in attitudes, emotions, personalities and values can be used to positively influence the team within the work environment. Attitudes Employees with high scores in the participation of their job really value and care about the quality of the work they perform and how it is related within the organization. They have a good attitude toward their job. Employees who score low in the participation of jobs will not care about how well they complete their job. They will not even care about their boss thinks about how they perform their job. It is known that managers who have positive attitudes can in turn motivate his or her employees. According to Judge & Robbins, this increases job performance. To motivate employees, managers should provide trainings as well as try to include employees in making decisions. This will provide them with an opportunity to provide their input on various issues. Sometimes, people have to modify their behavior because of certain situations. I heard a Social Worker describe an accomplishment made at a conference. When working with challenging...
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