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In yesterday's edition of Brainy Tidbits, an email newsletter by Lois Carter Fay of the MarketingIdeaShop, Fay discusses how George Erdman, president of Eren Corp., determines what motivates employees, colleagues, and partners. He uses a tool called the Motivator Pie that helps identify how important various factors are to you -- and how they influence reaching your goals.
The factors:
- Recognition People who are motivated by "Recognition" are interested in respect, admiration, regard, esteem, notoriety and celebrity.
- Influence Those whose primary motivator is "Influence" find power,
control, competition, independence and order to be most important.
- Internal If you are motivated by "Internal" factors, then morals, duty, intellect, creativity, philanthropy, and honor are important to you.
- Profit "Profit" motivated people strive for success with money, possessions, acquisitions, wealth, income and growth.
Once the pie has been set, Erdman recommends considering the following questions:
- Are my goals consistent with what motivates me?
- Is there a big difference in my motivations in different situations?
- What motivates the people I work (or live) with?
- Can or do my motivators cause conflict with my associates (family)?
Seems like a useful tool. "Where can I get my slice of the Motivator Pie?" you may very well ask. The answer: here.
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Recent Comments | 2 Total
February 26, 2004 at 3:14am by Gautam
Reminds me of the Harvard research on "job sculpting",
They concluded that there are eight life interests that they have been able to identify, with each person having from one to three of them that would qualify as motivators in a work environment. They say that these are better motivators than innate abilities or values in leading to total job satisfaction. Here they are:
Application of Technology These people love the inner workings of things.
Quantitative Analysis....These people gravitate toward the numbers and use them creatively to analyze data. They excel at analyzing ratios, customer research data, etc.
Theory Development and Conceptual Thinking....These people love nothing better than relating concepts to pursue higher levels of understanding.
Creative Production....These imaginative, out-of-the-box thinkers love to start things when there are lots of unknowns and they can make something out of nothing. They thrive on newness, whether it’s a product or a process.
Counseling and Mentoring....For some, nothing is more enjoyable than teaching. Whether they do it because they enjoy watching others succeed, or because they want to be appreciated, they see social value in their cause.
Managing People and Relationships ....Wanting to manage people is different than wanting to counsel and mentor. The focus here is on outcomes, and these people enjoy working day-to-day with others. They like to motivate, organize and direct.
Enterprise Control....These are the go-to people who love being responsible for the direction of a team or project. They specifically like being in charge, although they may not like managing people. Their main thrill is in "owning" the transaction (i.e. being accountable).
Influence Through Language and Ideas ....These people enjoy storytelling, negotiating and persuading just for the sake of it. They are most fulfilled when they are communicating (speaking or writing). Even if no one is listening, they are practicing their skills through self-talk.
The authors were Timothy Butler and James Waldroop
The HBR paper can be found here
February 26, 2004 at 5:40am by David Craig
I was reading this week that apparently what makes employees depressed and less motivated is when half the workforce is made redundant. Common sense I know but they said it created huge amounts of depression and very low amounts of motivation. They were stating that it was really risky business to do this - that it could ruin a business overnight - I am sure some companies have gone under very quickly because of mass sackings.
dave
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