The document provides instructions for several exercises aimed at improving employee motivation, engagement and reducing waste. They include having employees write kudos for colleagues, rate their happiness, order motivators by importance, complete an employee satisfaction survey, identify wasteful tasks, and keep in touch after the event. The exercises are meant to provide insights into employee satisfaction, motivation and help identify areas for improvement. Sources are provided for each exercise.

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KUDOS
SAY
1. Think of someone today you would like to send kudos
2. Fill in one of the kudos cards
3. Place it on the kudos wall
BEFORE WE START...
Source: http://kudobox.co/

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MOTIVATED
PEOPLE
José Casal
jose.casal@actineo.email
@jose_casal

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PEOPLE
ARE OUR
STRONGEST ASSET

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INDIVIDUALS &
INTERACTIONS
OVER PROCESSES & TOOLS

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“We hire extremely expensive, well-qualified,
talented people, only to treat them like machinery.

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“The role of a manager is to create the
environment, and then get the hell out of there.

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HAPPINESS
INDEX
1. Write your happiness level (1 to 5) on a post-it.
5 for the best day ever. 1 for a pretty miserable day.
2. Write why you are felling like this
3. Place it on the happiness wall
Source: http://dna.crisp.se/docs/happiness-index.html

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MOTIVATORS
MOVING
1. Order by importance, from Left (least important)
to Right (most important)
2. Order by impact of change. Up for positive.
Down for negative
3. Reflect and compare
Source: https://management30.com/product/moving-motivators/

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SATISFACTION
JOB
1. Open sift.ly using your mobile or laptop
2. Enter code ATLDN16
3. Build group-wide metrics and trends for systemic
insights
Source: https://q12.gallup.com/

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SATISFACTION
JOB
1. Complete the 12 question survey
2. Reflect on & discuss individual responses
3. Build group-wide metrics and trends for systemic
insights
Source: https://q12.gallup.com/

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WASTE
SNAKE
1. Write a sticky describing something you consider to be
wasteful, but that you have to do
2. Include your initials and the amount of time wasted
3. Add it to the snake wall at the end of the chain
4. Use the waste snake as part of a retrospective
Source: waynedgrant.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/waste-snakes-and-investment-ladders/

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“A bad system will beat a good person every time
– W Edward Deming
…then we need more system reviews
and fewer performance appraisals

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“Create humane spaces where people can be at
their best. We are not resources, nor machinery.

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“When I need someone else to change, the first
person that has to be prepared to change is me

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THANKS
KEEP IN TOUCH
@jose_casal
linkedin.com/in/jcasal
jose.casal@actineo.email

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CREDITS & FURTHER READING
Kudos Cards https://management30.com/product/workouts/intrinsic-motivation/
Crisp Happiness Index http://dna.crisp.se/docs/happiness-index.html &
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/metric-matters-lynn-runnels-moss
Moving Motivators https://management30.com/product/moving-motivators/ &
http://www.leadtotheedge.com/moving-motivators-exercise/ &
http://www.ontheagilepath.net/2013/02/playing-jurgen-appelos-moving.html
Employee Engagement https://q12.gallup.com/ & https://prezi.com/6zrz473hjrms/td-
prog-job-satisfaction/
Waste Snake & Investment Ladders http://agile-
commentary.blogspot.co.uk/2008/12/snake-on-wall.html &
https://waynedgrant.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/waste-snakes-and-investment-
ladders/
Staff Liquidity https://theitriskmanager.wordpress.com/2013/11/24/introducing-staff-
liquidity-1-of-n/