Shaping the Quality of our Lives: Motivation and The Power of High Energy We all know what it feels like to be motivated. It’s that spark in the morning when you wake up ready to go, that lightness in the step when the day seems brighter, more manageable—even exciting. Motivation, in essence, is energy. AndContinue reading “The Power of High Energy”
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Positive Psychology in the Workplace
Fuelling Engagement Through Well-Being There was a time when work was discussed almost entirely in terms of performance, output, and efficiency. The language was mechanical, and the focus transactional: you did your job, received your pay, and the system continued to turn. Yet over the past two decades, a quiet revolution has been taking placeContinue reading “Positive Psychology in the Workplace”
Motivation, Mapped and Anchored
Motivation, Mapped and Anchored We have just switched our blog site from Typepad, which has closed down, to WordPress, which I have to say seems inordinately better – certainly, you will be able to search for motivation articles (on appraisal, teams, personal development et al) much more easily; the viewing too seems to me superior.Continue reading “Motivation, Mapped and Anchored”
MOTIVATION FOR TOP PERFORMING TEAMS – part 2
Any team leader, then, needs to ask themselves whether they are genuine, sincere, well-intentioned, thoughtful, structured and temporal in their approach to rewarding and dealing with their team members…
The Three Colours of Motivation Revisited
In the winter of January, 2010, I wrote a blog called “The Three Colours of Motivation”. Little did I know at the time that this would become my most popular and searched-for blog! What I think surprises me so much about this is that the blog is not “informative” in the same way as many other articles I write for this Motivational Memos series, but more symbolic. Actually, more poetic. To me this suggests something very hopeful and important indeed: that people want more poetry and beauty in their lives! As we enter another (dreadfully cold) winter, after a very trying and strange year, I thought it would be good to revisit this blog; hopefully, it will give you some motivation, or even inspiration, to make it through to next year!
MOTIVATION & THE GREAT ESCAPE or ‘building our ability to persist’
The old masters used to observe the natural world and discern what lessons could be learned from it. We see this evident in our western tradition of poetry, where many of the great writers of their respective ages had a seeming affinity with the natural world and human nature that led to them creating scenes and images of profound beauty. We see it even more strongly in the martial arts traditions of the east, where individual fighting styles are often named after animals: tiger, monkey, crane, etcetera. I learned one such lesson from the natural world a few decades ago, albeit it was rather less grand and beautiful than the past ones I have cited!
MOTIVATION & THE CENTIPEDE or ‘taking care of the details’…
In the words of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, “It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.” We see this time and time again where one small overlooked element causes the whole house of cards to come crashing down. It is often in the small things that the telltale signs may be read about the state of an organisation or relationship’s health. We have to get the small details right, and in doing so, will often fix the big things.
MOTIVATION & THE DEVIL or ‘the secret of demotivation’…
Great businesses can nurture and encourage their staff to continue to perform despite these trying circumstances; this is likely to create loyalty and engagement, and lead to retention.
INTERVIEW WITH A BP #11: CASSANDRA ANDREWS
In the light of coronavirus and lockdown, we’ve been having lots of conversations with Mappers about how people’s profiles are changing in response to these dramatic circumstances.
MOTIVATION & TEAMS: LEADERSHIP & 3 TOOLS FOR DEVELOPING TEAMS
As Marcus Aurelius, the Roman emperor and philosopher, observed: “The secret of all victory lies in the organisation of the non-obvious”. One of the “non-obvious” factors that we come across time and time again when working with businesses of all kinds is that one of the primary responsibilities of a leader is to motivate their employees and teams. This is only becoming more important as the majority of people move to remote-working conditions, where the “buzz” of a bustling workplace can no longer be relied upon to instil energy and confidence.
The Mapping Motivation Series 