Motivation

As a leader, it’s critical to tap into our personal sources of motivation. If we rely on others to motivate us we’re not leading…

And there’s something inspiring about a leader powerfully in tune with their own motivation. It can have a huge effect on the energy of an organisation.

Our understanding of motivation has developed hugely over the last few decades, although practice in the workplace and education establishments lags somewhat behind this understanding. There’s a huge opportunity to close this gap and create a more fulfilling, creative, inspiring and productive workplace in the process.

Here’s a video from Dan Pink that explains this really clearly.

And the body of academic research that underpins this is called Self Determination Theory