Coaching Skills that Support Your Employees’ Internal Motivation

In every industry, unmotivated and unengaged employees are a leadership problem. If you have led a team, you would most likely have encountered this problem. Many leaders turn to the common motivation tactics—performance-based raises, tangible rewards or even punishments. Do these tactics really work well?In this “Coaching Redefined: How Internal Motivation Can Fuel Performance” point of view paper, AchieveForum advises a more effective way of engaging today’s workforce. Leaders are to seek the heart of what moves people: their three basic psychological needs: Competence, Relatedness, & Autonomy. Over 100 studies have confirmed that leaders who support satisfaction of these three psychological needs promote sustained internal motivation to achieve results, as compared to leaders who rely on rewards or threats.Download this article now to explore Self-Determination Theory (SDT), needs-based coaching and how to shape a motivational workplace that leads to increased engagement, enhanced performance, and measurable business results.