mappingmotivation

Retaining High Performers

One of the weirdest things about my book, Mapping Motivation, from Routledge (http://amzn.to/2eqdSQq), is the fact that in a 9 chapter book it is not until we get to Chapter 5, that is half way through the book, that we get to the real meat that businesses and organisations want. What do I mean byContinue reading “Retaining High Performers”

The Hygiene Factors of Motivation

We come to chapter 4 of Mapping Motivation, from Routledge (http://amzn.to/2eqdSQq). One vital aspect of this chapter is the exploration of what we call ‘Hygiene Factors’ in Motivational Maps’ jargon. “Your lowest motivational score can be very revealing. The top three scores are more exciting, but noting our lowest motivator can also give useful cluesContinue reading “The Hygiene Factors of Motivation”

Lowest Motivators that Can Trip You UP

Emotions, Risk, Change, Feel, Think and Know: geddit?

In my third blog based on, Mapping Motivation, from Routledge (http://amzn.to/2eqdSQq) I'd like to look at one fascinating aspect of Chapter 3. The nine-point summary at the end of the chapter says: "Speed of decision-making, attitude to risk, and desire for change are also aligned with the nine motivators – as are our orientation toContinue reading “Emotions, Risk, Change, Feel, Think and Know: geddit?”

Review: The Meaning of the Dark – Novel by Joseph Sale

I have just read The Meaning of the Dark, a sci-fi thriller by Joseph Sale, that perhaps most recalls '2001: A Space Odyssey' in its situational tropes – man alone in space with a human-like computer on a voyage of discovery – but which in other respects is entirely original. In truth the book isContinue reading “Review: The Meaning of the Dark – Novel by Joseph Sale”

Book Review: Leading for a Change by Paul Canon Harris

This new book, Leading for a Change, by Paul Canon Harris is a worthy addition to the ever-growing literature on change and leadership. Indeed, one of its strengths is precisely that it makes so strong a connection between leadership and change; some leadership books seem to regard leadership as merely the possession of certain abstractContinue reading “Book Review: Leading for a Change by Paul Canon Harris”

Mapping Motivation and Freedom

Recently I published a blog based in my Gower/Routledge book, Mapping Motivation (http://amzn.to/2eqdSQq) which was published earlier this year. The idea was to take an extract from the first chapter and expand it; the book provides much more detail and analysis, but given that the kind of people who follow me and read my stuffContinue reading “Mapping Motivation and Freedom”

Motif and Motivation

Gower/Routledge recently published my book, Mapping Motivation (http://amzn.to/2eqdSQq) earlier this year. It has sold extremely well and doubtless will continue to do so; for there is a hunger to know more about motivation: what it really is, how it works and how we can optimise motivation in our work, for our teams, and in ourContinue reading “Motif and Motivation”

Connecting creativity and leadership

In my last blog, which derived from my recent talk at the Dominion Theatre, we observed three ways in which people were not things, and we discussed why that was important. We concluded that being authentic was important and that one consequence of authenticity was that it enabled one to be creative; creativity and authenticityContinue reading “Connecting creativity and leadership”

How Understanding People are not Things helps promote effective Leadership

In my last blog, which derived from my talk at the Dominion Theatre last week, I discussed the most difficult thing to deal with in business, the most difficult thing being people. I suggested that three problems typically beset managers about this and that in the next blog I would tackle what the differences betweenContinue reading “How Understanding People are not Things helps promote effective Leadership”