A simple way to inspire your team | David Burkus

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🗓️ 18 March 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Using paychecks, perks and carefully worded mission statements plastered on posters, companies are on a never-ending quest to find what drives morale at work. An underappreciated solution lies in the answer to one simple question, says management researcher David Burkus. With notable examples backed by decades of success, he presents a clear path to inspiring your team — and finding your purpose at work. After the talk, Modupe reveals how she motivates herself.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:02.0	Collective
0:04.0	As many of you know, a lot of my research
0:10.0	centers around stress and stress management.
0:13.7	And one thing that folks are often stressed about
0:16.8	is motivating teams to do great work,
0:19.7	or being motivated to do great work themselves. They hit a wall and I get it. In these
0:26.9	cases I often tell people that one way to get that stress off your shoulders is to consider or reconsider your priorities.
0:36.4	So when you have those moments of why the heck can't I get anything done, I try to remind people to dig deeper into what it is they care about.
0:46.5	This can help change your perspective on the situation, and it can also serve as important
0:52.1	motivation.
0:56.2	I'm Madupakinola, this is Ted Business.
1:00.0	Our speaker today is organizational psychologist David Burkis.
1:05.3	David highlights that one way to foster motivation
1:08.8	is to think beyond the job you're doing.
1:11.4	Instead, he has a simple but impactful solution. You should focus
1:16.3	on the people you're impacting through your work. Then after the talk, I'll share how I
1:21.6	keep myself motivated. but first a quick break.
1:27.0	In 2014,
1:34.3	APNG's leadership had a problem.
1:37.6	Accounting is boring.
1:41.6	I apologize to any accountants in the room but that really was the issue.
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