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The critic and philosopher Walter Pater once said that, “‘To see the object as in itself it really is,’ has been justly said to be the aim of all true criticism whatever, and in aesthetic criticism the first step towards seeing one's object as it really is, is to know one's own impression as itContinue reading “Self Awareness & The 5 Elements Communication Styles”

In this series of 4 articles, we’ve studied what the three elements of motivation are. In Part 2, we reviewed the element of personality. We established that it was relatively fixed, but since it only contributed somewhere between 20-30% of the motivational mix, then motivation itself was more fluid, more changeable than personality alone couldContinue reading “Expectation and Motivation”

Lockdown has profoundly changed the way we work, and the reality is that it’s unlikely everything will “go back to normal” at this point. As a result, there is understandable uncertainty about what awaits us when businesses are able to operate without restrictions. Some questions crop up frequently when the topic of “returning to work”Continue reading “Navigating the Return to Work”

  The 5 Elements report provides a solid grounding in which communication styles are more easily compatible with each other and which could potentially struggle and clash. Whilst we’ve approached this from a working perspective, it might well be applied in the instance of friendships, or even romantic interest. At the end of the day,Continue reading “The Question of Compatibility”

We’ve been looking at what the three elements of motivation are. In Part 2 of this series, we considered the element of personality. We established that it was relatively fixed, but since it only contributed somewhere between 20-30% of the motivational mix, then motivation itself was more fluid, more changeable than personality alone could accountContinue reading “Can how we see ourselves have an influence on what motivates us?”

You may remember in the previous article we established that three elements contribute to that force or energy which we call motivation. The three primary sources of motivation are our:                                                                         personality                                                                         self-concept                                                                         expectations Together they are like rivers which flow within us, and they stream into the turbulent sea or ocean ofContinue reading “Becoming a Deep Expert”

I recently joined a webinar run by a leading Motivational Mapper which was designed to study one chapter a month of my book, Mapping Motivation for Top Performing Teams. Naturally, it was great to find so many people wanting me to provide more levels of expertise on the book I have written, and of courseContinue reading “How do – Personality, Self-Concept and Expectations – contribute to motivation?”

We have talked about, in the preceding two blogs, the big mistake that most organisations make in people development, which is their top-down approach; an approach they often are completely unaware of. Like some unconscious bias, they fail to see that how they treat their employees – the process – is profoundly de-motivating and un-engaging.Continue reading “MOTIVATION FOR TOP PERFORMING TEAMS – part 3”