Stop trying to motivate your players

I am not a motivator. Say it with me: "I am not a motivator."

Lots of coaches take pride in being great motivators and I think being a great motivator is huge mistake. Motivation, by definition, is the reason a person has for acting or behaving in a particular way. When a coach establishes himself as the reason to choose certain behaviors he creates a culture in which every member of the program is focused on an audience dependent motivation.

Take a close look at the chart below. Start at the top and see if you can identify when the motivation switches from audience independent to audience dependent.

Did you see it?

Fear, shame, and pride are all audience dependent motivators. By their nature they require that an audience be present. Players who are motivated by fear, shame, and pride only work hard when the audience, whoever their audience may be, is present.

99% of the coaches who claim to be great motivators are motivating their players with fear, shame, and pride. The reason they think they have to be great motivators is because they have never taken the time to teach their players how to be motivated by audience independent motivators.

Click here to become a member of the Culture Coordinator.

Click the link to join the email subscription list so you get new resources sent to your inbox when they become available. http://eepurl.com/cW04lH

The post Stop trying to motivate your players appeared first on Culture Coordinator.