Training & Development


What’s the point in doing a good job around here?


In Slovenia, I told them that chair number one was for ‘that person who demotivates you’, chair number two was for ‘that person who depresses you’ and chair number three was for ‘that person who makes you think ‘what’s the point in doing a good job around here?’


I further explained that they (the audience members) were the only people who could let the three absentees into the room and into their lives. Why? Because the only person who demotivates me ‐ is me, and the only person who demotivates you ‐ is you. The only person who motivates me ‐ is me and so on. I make the point that we are all grown‐ups and we all need to take care not to choose to play ‘the victim’.


Our personal motivation is our personal choice


I then admonished them on behalf of their families, their friends and their employers to never let any other person in the world have the power to change their mood or to hurt their feelings. We, unlike Miss Swift, should have no one to blame. No one except ourselves to say, ‘look what you made me do’ to. Our mood, our personal motivation is our personal choice ‐ no one else’s.


I will allow one exception. I find it very hard to not give my children and grandchildren


power to hurt me. It goes with the job ‐ when you love someone you give them the power to hurt you.


Back in Slovenia, people seemed quite ‘up for it’ at this point, so we quickly moved onto working in five groups to 1) set goals, and 2) describe good ways to start achieving improvements in their:


1. Communication between workers and supervisors


2. Educational programmes and standards 3. Attitudes and achievements 4. Career path expectations 5. Working conditions


Pages of positive ideas were produced


These five areas had been pre‐selected by the Association’s board members. The board members were very impressed when literally pages of positive ideas were produced within the hour of the session. It must be said that no one allowed anyone to play the victim during the group work.


As I write, I am looking forward to getting an email with the full list of ideas.


Notwithstanding that bad things can happen to any one of us ‐ I wish you success in the choices you make, especially in avoiding playing the victim ‐ at work and in life.


© 2017 Frank Newberry


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