In this Q&A, we share insights from Ayelet Fishbach, professor of behavioural science and marketing at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and her book “Get It Done. Surprising Lessons from the Science of Motivation.”
Ruth Gotian, author of The Success Factor, talks about her book and how intrinsic motivation, perseverance, strong foundations and continuous informal learning are key habits of successful people.
Are you 100% yourself at work? Most people, whether they know it or not, have a work persona, but maintaining this can become a burden over time. How can we free ourselves from the need to have a work persona in the first place?
Hastened by the pandemic, the lines between family life and work life have become increasingly blurred, with new flexible working styles bringing the two worlds together like never before. But, with the right approach and firmer boundaries, could this actually be a good thing? In short: is it time for family to come to work?
There are a number of reasons why your Intrinsic Motivator Report may not immediately resonate as an accurate picture of your underlying values. Here are a few factors to consider.
Flow describes the moments in life when a person is wholly engaged by a particular activity. Creating flow in workplace settings is particularly challenging, but there are a number of things that organizations can do to help cultivate it.
The world is constantly changing, and people change with it. Our early research suggests that people’s Intrinsic Motivator Profiles change over time in response to significant changes in both their work and their personal lives. As such, we’ve decided to introduce a new feature that reflects this: the Motivation Assessment Retake.
We’ve all heard the trope that the key to being a great leader is ‘Hiring good people and getting out of their way.’ But hiring and motivating aren’t that simple. And neither is ‘getting out of the way’. So if you really want to build a highly motivated team and keep them performing at the top level, then there’s one thing you simply can’t afford to ignore.
There is no organization in which everyone has the same top Motivators. It is therefore crucial for leaders to understand the key areas that are important to the majority of the team, so that they can recognize and overcome their own blindspots.
