Motivating and engaging your team

Professional Development

Overview

Motivating people to go the extra mile, willingly, is the key to any successful people management role. During this course delegates will discuss the theories behind motivation and discover practical techniques to unlock individual motivators to greatly improve the performance, productivity and satisfaction of team members.

Online Classroom

This course will be delivered through Online Classroom Live.

09 Apr 2026    View session times
09 Apr 2026    09:30 - 11:30
2 CPD hours
2 hours
Online Classroom Live
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Motivating and engaging your team

Date: 09 Apr 2026
Time: 09:30 - 11:30

Cost: GBP 130

Learning Outcomes

Having attended this course, delegates will:

  • Be able to establish what they can do to influence the motivation of their staff and inspire their people to go the extra mile
  • Understand that staff members are individuals and that motivation techniques will need to be tailored accordingly
  • Create teams that are collaborative, forward looking and positive

Course Content

  • What motivates you?
  • Key motivational theories in practice
  • Identifying each of your team member’s motivators
  • Delivering a tailored approach
  • How to heighten workplace motivation with goal setting and empowerment
  • How to encourage discretionary behaviour
  • Encouraging views
  • Involving staff
  • Creating opportunities to develop
 

 

speaker

 

Ian Lucas

Head of Personal Development at BPP International Finance

Ian joined BPP in 2007 after working as National Training Manager for a major UK retailer. During that time he worked on organisation-wide training plans including Management Development programmes, Induction programmes and structured training programmes for all staff. Prior to that he worked as an NVQ Assessor for a vocational training provider for several years where he was able to develop and coach managers to help them reach their company goals, as well as NVQ targets.

Ian’s main responsibilities are the day-to-day running of the Personal development courses at BPP in Jersey, including marketing, client meetings, course design and evaluation.

Ian is enthusiastic about bringing the subjects he’s teaching to life and uses lots of examples and anecdotes from his own extensive experience in ‘the real world’, to help students understand the key theories and concepts covered by the subject.

Ian teaches exam and non-exam courses specialising in Management Theory and in-house Management Development and Personal Development programmes

 

 

 

Who is this seminar for

This course is designed for new or prospective managers looking for the opportunity for guided reflection and improvement.

Online Classroom Live

This seminar is being delivered through Online Classroom Live. Our premium online study mode comprises a virtual classroom with interactive features to replicate a real-life classroom.