REAL MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKING – SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY (SDT) APPLIED TO MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION
Date(s): Sept. 16, 2019 – July 1, 2020, May 13, 2021
Recording: https://youtu.be/T_QvVpdIw4E (W&M Lecture)
Audience: (2019-2020) Guest Lectures to MBA Students, Communications Courses, William & Mary Raymond A. Mason School of Business. Professor: Gary Plaag
(2021) Project Management Institute WDC Virtual Meeting
Slide Deck: McCreedy – Real Motivational Speaking 21
Handouts: What is SDT 2021 Helpful handout showing examples of managerial communication using applied self-determination theory.
Summary: When people think of “motivational speaking” they think of Tony Robbins or Chris Farley yelling about government cheese. In this lecture, I explore how using language with applied self-determination theory may affect behavioral change within an organizational setting.