112: How to Motivate Employees Go the Extra Mile

Do you think your employees aren’t going the extra mile for you? In this episode, Andrea explores the data behind employee effort and talks about how you, as a leader can employ, engage and retain employees who are willing to go the extra mile for you. Andrea also talks about the SDT theory and how this can help influence and drive behaviours within your business.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Focus on your employee's individual motivations. If you can discover what they intrinsically value, you can engage and motivate them.
• The SDT theory proposes that people have three basic psychological needs, autonomy, competency and relatedness. When these needs are satisfied employees are engaged and more likely to go the extra mile.
• To drive autonomy you have to let employees decide how they make an impact and allow them to talk openly and make decisions.
• Foster an environment where everyone is there to grow and be developed, this will create a culture of competence.
• Constructive feedback, opportunities for employees to build skills and recognising and celebrating their achievements will create an environment of competence.
• Relatedness is potentially one of the biggest mistakes leaders make.
• Creating a sense of belonging and connectedness by fostering positive relationships, teamwork and collaboration cannot be underestimated.

BEST MOMENTS

“Doing more of the same as a leader is not going to be effective”

“If people don’t go the extra mile, it means they aren’t happy to do more action than they are already doing”

“Offer employees real choices and opportunities to make decisions”

“It’s like we are at school, but in a good way”

“You’re going to drive motivation to another level”

“Relatedness is critical because once you get really related to people everything changes and the magic happens and you see people working better together”

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ABOUT THE HOST

My name is Andrea Petrone. I'm a Human Performance and Leadership Advisor, Executive Coach and International Speaker. I help leaders and their teams to change their mindsets and master their leadership capabilities so they can achieve extraordinary performance. I've been in the corporate world for more than 20 years working globally - in 6 countries and 3 continents - for medium-large companies.