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BP Sarah Stones shares why it is important to understand what motivates us.

A few years ago, we set about interviewing Motivational Maps Business Practitioners to get a sense of what they felt were the biggest challenges and rewards of becoming a BP, as well as foregrounding the amazing work they do. Since then, Motivational Maps has grown, and we have welcomed many new Business Practitioners to theContinue reading “BP Sarah Stones shares why it is important to understand what motivates us.”

Is there really a difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation?

All the way back in 2009, a friend of mine, Pascoe Sawyers, sent me a link to a TED Talk by Dan Pink, delivered in Oxford. In just eighteen minutes, he delivered a tremendous talk and covered a lot of ground. A year or so later, I read his book: Drive: The Surprising Truth AboutContinue reading “Is there really a difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation?”

How Do Motivational Maps Fit In With The Enneagram?

Nothing exists in a vacuum, and even the most original inventions and innovations tend to have their origins in something extant. In the case of Motivational Maps, there were several key influences in the development of the tool: Edgar Shein’s Career Anchors is one. Another is the ancient personality profiling system known as The Enneagram.Continue reading “How Do Motivational Maps Fit In With The Enneagram?”

How to Avoid Over-Simplification With The Alchemy of Motivational Maps

The human brain loves shortcuts. This is both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, creating neurological shorthands allows us to “automate” certain functions and therefore devote more brainpower to the big picture. On the other hand, this conceals the true nature of reality from us. How many times have you driven toContinue reading “How to Avoid Over-Simplification With The Alchemy of Motivational Maps”

Using Motivational Maps as a leadership tool?

9 reasons for using Motivational Maps as leadership tool… Everywhere in the business, management and even national presses and social media sites we go, we find the constant refrain of a lack of productivity in the UK, and this has been going on since the financial crisis of 2008. It has been exacerbated, of course,Continue reading “Using Motivational Maps as a leadership tool?”

The Roots of Top Performance

Practical activities from the Mapping Motivation books. Welcome back for the final instalment of this series of articles in which we use practical exercises to explore motivation and more. Over the course of this series, we have explored the Roots of Motivation, Coaching, Teamwork, Leadership, and Engagement. In this final article, we shall explore theContinue reading “The Roots of Top Performance”

The Roots of Coaching

Practical activities from Mapping Motivation Welcome back for the fourth instalment of a new series of articles in which we use practical exercises to explore motivation and more. You can find the first article, which explores Roots of Motivation, here. In the previous article, we discussed the Roots of Engagement. Today, we’re shifting the focusContinue reading “The Roots of Coaching”

The Roots of Engagement

Practical activities from Mapping Motivation for Engagement (James Sale and Steve Jones, Routledge, 2019) Welcome back to the next instalment of a series of articles in which we use practical exercises to explore motivation and more. You can find the first article, which explores Roots of Motivation, here. In previous articles, we discussed the RootsContinue reading “The Roots of Engagement”

Roots of Teamwork

Practical activities from Mapping Motivation Welcome back for the third instalment of a new series of articles in which we use practical exercises to explore motivation and more. You can find the first article, which explores Roots of Motivation, here. In the previous article, we discussed the Roots of Leadership. Today, we’re looking at teamwork.Continue reading “Roots of Teamwork”

Roots of Leadership

Practical activities from Mapping Motivation… Welcome back for the second instalment of a new series of articles in which we use practical exercises to explore motivation and more. If you missed the last article, which explores the Roots of Motivation, you can find it here. Today, we’ll be discussing leadership! In times of rapid changeContinue reading “Roots of Leadership”