Motivational Management: Inspiring Your People for Maximum Performance

Appendix B. Learning Goals for Each Chapter

I have included Learning Goals for each chapter because in my workshops and courses I follow the discipline of training design that says one must first decide what one wants to teach—what participants would most benefit from learning—and then (and only then) go about designing the course. That way there is a meaningful focus and structure to the project. We can have fun, we can wander from the point on occasion to explore an interesting side issue—but with clear learning goals we will always manage to get the core job done in the end.

It's an important discipline to impose on me as an author, and it can also be helpful to you the reader by letting you know on the simplest level what I hope to communicate ...