Motivation for Learning and Performance

Master research-based strategies that ensure optimal motivation in the self and others at home, work, and school.

Created by: Bobby Hoffman
PhD, Acclaimed author, Professor, Psychology Today columnist

What Will I Learn?

• Diagnose, analyze, and eliminate learning and performance issues caused by lack of motivation in the self and others.
• Identify which aspects of human behavior are influenced by motivation using the latest scientific evidence from psychology, education, business, neuroscience and athletics
• Determine which motivation clues are meaningful and which are misleading
• Analyze self-beliefs that stall optimal task success
• Implement and apply dozens of research-based strategies to enhance individual, group and organizational effectiveness
• Design and conduct a successful motivational intervention that promotes lasting behavior changes in the self and others
• Overcome defensiveness and resistance from others
• Become a certified Motivational Detective (M.D.)
• Laugh excessively at the bloopers lesson and see why making a course isn't as easy as you might think

Requirements

• The course is conducted by Dr. Bobby Hoffman an internationally-recognized authority in motivation and author of "Motivation for Learning and Performance." The textbook, while not required to take the course, is a useful resource and an excellent companion to the course

Target audience

• Managers, Supervisors, Educators, Coaches, Administrators, Trainers, college or high school students who are interested in cultivating optimal motivation
• This course is equivalent to a college level course that is best suited to individuals who wish to improve their own learning and performance (or the learning and performance of others) using evidence-based strategies to enhance their effectiveness
• This course is not suitable for those individuals that do not wish to advance knowledge or career growth
• This is course is not for those interested in non-evidence based approaches
• This is course is not intended for those interested in psuedo-scientific approaches to behavioral change such as fortune-telling, palm reading, and communicating with the deceased