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One topic that I frequently see discussed by top-level management is how to bridge the “generation gap”. It’s a very valid question, because even if there weren’t studies and surveys telling us there has been a dramatic shift in what people want—and expect—from work, most of us have observed this change in action in theContinue reading “THE GENERATION GAP: Motivation & What Employees Want”

In the words of the rapper NF, “If actions speak louder than words, it’s pretty quiet, isn’t it?” There are a million and one theories about how best to improve your bottom line whilst simultaneously engaging and motivating your people, but the problem is just that: most of them are academic theories with no practicalContinue reading “THE IMPACT OF USING MAPS”

  One word that I confess I did not expect to see in discussions around psychometrics, personality profiling, motivation, employee engagement, and the general science of people in business, is hope. That may sound like a quite bleak statement, so let me clarify: hope as a word has many powerful associations—religious, philosophical, spiritual—in short, associationsContinue reading “Why Motivation Is Better Than Hope”

  Motivation is such a vast topic that it cannot belong to one author. Thankfully, awareness of the importance of motivation is growing, and there are many fabulous authors contributing to our understanding of what motivation is, why we need it, and how we can harness and improve our motivation levels.  In Motivated by MarkContinue reading “MOTIVATED by Mark Terrell (2021)”

In part 1 of this blog series, we discussed the importance of employee retention, and how the most common strategies for achieving this: one-off events or “lifestyle” improvements to the office environment, usually only last in the short-term. We also hinted at how the true secret to employee retention is ensuring high motivation levels inContinue reading “Nine Ways To Sustain Team Commitment Part 2”

It’s often said that HR has three primary responsibilities, the “three Rs”: recruitment, retention, and redundancy (or Removal!). Of these three, most HR departments seem to focus predominantly on the first and last of these. Indeed, this is understandable, as the middle one, retention, is by far the hardest to master. Frankly incredible financial resourcesContinue reading “Sustaining Team Commitment: Part 1”

It’s all very well having a brilliant product or service, but no matter how good that product or service is, if you can’t position it with potential clients, you’ll never get buy in. Likewise, if you’re a business leader and you want your employees to complete Motivational Maps, you have to position it correctly withContinue reading “9 WAYS TO POSITION MAPS WITH YOUR EMPLOYEES”

According to TeamStage’s Motivation Statistics: Numbers In 2022, only 15% of employees worldwide feel engaged and 81% of employees are considering quitting their jobs. These figures are pretty staggering, especially considering the diverse job options available in the modern market, the flexibility with working styles, and the way that companies allegedly incentivise their employees withContinue reading “8 WAYS MOTIVATIONAL MAPS CAN BOOST YOUR BUSINESS”

Everyone knows that three is the magic number. Or is it? In fact, there are many magical numbers. Seven is an obvious example. Seven colours of the rainbow, seven musical notes (that make up all of musical possibility), seven days of the week, seven planets visible from Earth, I could go on! However, one lesserContinue reading “The Magical Number 5…”

THE MOTIVATIONAL MAPS SAVE CHRISTMAS!    In homes across the world, excitement grew,  for Christmas time was very near,  but Santa had a problem on his hands: demotivated reindeer!    Where once they’d run like wind, as fast as thought,  now they were slow as slugs on stone,  and when Santa reminded them of kids Continue reading “HOW TO MOTIVATE YOUR REINDEER…”