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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.”

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?”

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?”

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”

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?”

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”

Most psychometric, personality, survey or self-perception inventory tests have a fatal flaw that is almost impossible to erase, and that is the problem of honesty. An employee who is afraid of being made redundant is unlikely, for example, to answer a question that measures their abilities as a “team player” honestly if they think thatContinue reading “Understanding the Three Motivational Levels”

Welcome back to our motivational analysis of the Generation Gap. In the previous article (3 of 4) we covered Millennials. Today, we’re looking at the youngest generation, Generation Z. Generation Z: born after 1996 WHAT GEN Z CAN OFFER: Whereas Millennials grew up as the technology continually evolved and changed, Generation Z have always hadContinue reading “THE GENERATION GAP: Motivation & What Employees Want – part 4 – Generation Z”

Welcome back to our motivational analysis of the Generation Gap. In the previous article (2 of 4) we covered Generation X. Today, we’re looking at Millennials. Millennials: ‘80 – ‘95  WHAT MILLENNIALS CAN OFFER: Millennials are an unusual generation, perhaps one might even say unique, because they grew up at the intersection of an analogContinue reading “THE GENERATION GAP: Motivation & What Employees Want – Part 3 – Millennials”

Welcome back to our motivational analysis of the Generation Gap. In the previous article (1 of 4) we covered Baby Boomers. Today, we’re looking at Generation X. Generation X: ‘65 – ‘79 WHAT GEN X CAN OFFER: The first trait identified by the study as belonging to Gen X is independence. This is an almostContinue reading “THE GENERATION GAP: Motivation & What Employees Want – part 2 – Gen X”