Section outline

◄Module 1 - Understanding and developing leadership practice
►Week 2: Managing myself

  • The focus of this topic is on individual motivation and purpose. What is it that drives you and your team to do the best job you can? How can you use motivation theories to help you improve patient care and ensure that patients get the best from health and social care leaders?

    If you are an apprentice, please refer to Module 0 to review the knowledge, skills, and behaviors relevant to this week.

    • 1. Core purpose Page
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      Whether your job is in direct contact with patients and service users, or supporting clinical services, this activity includes important reminders that human needs are at the heart of what we do.

      (Duration 1 hour 15 mins)

    • 2. Your goals Page
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      Two of the most important resources you have are your line manager and your work based mentor.  How will they be best placed to support you throughout this programme?

      (Duration: 2 hours including preparation)

    • 3. Motivational theories Page

      Human motivation underpins all aspects of our lives - our basic needs through to self-actualisation (Maslow 1943). Our individual motivation is also linked to our own personal beliefs and values… how important are certain things to us? So much of this is dependent on many variables including our culture, where we live, our education and many more aspects.

      (Duration: 30 mins)

      Thinking about motivation in our working lives involves complex connections of relationships with our peers and other stakeholders, our skills, knowledge and experiences, and the varying motivators that we demonstrate through our behaviours.

      The following activities introduce you to a range of motivation theories, including both classic and more recent interpretations.

      As you are reviewing and engaging with these, think about how can you apply these in your own workplace?

    • 3.1 - 3.10. Motivational Theories H5P
      Students must
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      Human motivation underpins all aspects of our lives - our basic needs through to self-actualisation (Maslow 1943). Our individual motivation is also linked to our own personal beliefs and values… how important are certain things to us? So much of this is dependent on many variables including our culture, where we live, our education and many more aspects.

      Thinking about motivation in our working lives involves complex connections of relationships with our peers and other stakeholders, our skills, knowledge and experiences, and the varying motivators that we demonstrate through our behaviours.

      The following activities introduce you to a range of motivation theories, including both classic and more recent interpretations.

      As you are reviewing and engaging with these, think about how can you apply these in your own workplace?

    • Motivational Theories SCORM SCORM package
    • 3.11. Motivation theories - task Page
      Students must
      Mark as done
    • 4. Why your work matters Page
      Students must
      Mark as done

      A key factor in how motivated we are to do a good job is our sense of why our work matters.

      (Duration: 1 hour)

    • Time to reflect (week 1) Page

      Marion Janner is the founder of Star Wards. In this video she reflects on her own experiences as a mental health patient.

      (Duration: 3 mins)

◄Module 1 - Understanding and developing leadership practice
►Week 2: Managing myself