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The Motivation Blog
News, Articles, and helpful tips about Motivation and Engagement.


How to be a more Confident, Effective, and Profitable Coach
There are many ways to increase your confidence as a coach, to generate more business and make a bigger difference.
Jul 13, 20215 min read


The Motivational Maps Experience 3 - with Richard Knight
Richard Knight is customer-experience director of Insight6, and a performance consultant at Switch Performance Ltd. He is a qualified...
May 10, 20216 min read


The Motivational Maps Experience 2 - with Zsuzsa Czagler
Zsuzsa is a Motivational Maps Business Practitioner: an ICF ACC coach, NLP Master, and Liberating Leadership practitioner, with 19 years ...
Apr 26, 20213 min read


The Motivational Maps Experience 1 - with Sonia Gavira
‘What it also told me,’ Sonia continues. ‘Was that my dislike of talking about myself and putting myself in the limelight (Star was then...
Apr 12, 20213 min read


Is "Employee of the Month" Killing Business Motivation?
Many, many businesses have tried ‘employee of the month’-like schemes… but they don’t work.
Mar 1, 20213 min read


Profiling Tools for Business Advisors
James: Hi all, welcome to this episode of the Authentic Advisor, which discusses and debates the Hot Topics impacting Business Advisors...
Feb 15, 202113 min read


Is your company putting pennies over people?
Money is a fascinating motivator. At one level, everyone accepts that money’s important and that they should be paid for the work they...
Feb 1, 20213 min read


Do friendships really have value at work?
Belonging is recognised by Motivational Maps® through the ‘Friend’ motivator, the desire to belong, to be included, supported and to feel...
Jan 18, 20214 min read


Is your business CREATIVELY competitive?
Long before Brexit and the COVID-19 Crisis, organizations have been operating in a VUCA business environment – volatile, uncertain,...
Jan 4, 20213 min read


How can Stability help your business Change & GROW through the crisis? Sounds contradictory, right?
Everyone is motivated by security to a smaller or lesser degree. This varies with age, personal circumstances and job roles. It certainly...
Dec 2, 20203 min read


The Army's Newest Weapon
In the last decade the army has suffered from decreasing numbers of applications. Army advertisements in the past have used videos...
Nov 30, 20202 min read


Is Procrastination Useful?
What if procrastination at work isn’t just laziness or a poor work ethic?
Nov 23, 20202 min read


Motivational Maps and Zig Ziglar
“Research indicates that employees have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things...
Nov 16, 20205 min read


Why is this Recruitment Advert so Effective?
“So you can fix a bike… then you can learn to fix a Lynx Mark Eight Helicopter” This is the hook used by the Royal Navy Engineers. For...
Nov 9, 20201 min read


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”.
Oct 26, 20206 min read


Motivation and the Importance of Motivating your Team
In this episode of The Colour Works Podcast, James Hampton is joined by Motivation Expert, Susannah Brade-Waring from Aspirin Business.
Aug 11, 20201 min read


The Origins of the Motivational Map
Frequently, people ask me “where do the Maps come from?” This question is very important, because it is not only about the origins of the...
Aug 5, 20205 min read


Why is Live Training like Eating Spaghetti? And How is COVID-19 Killing it?
OK – brace yourselves! I’m delivering training today and for a WHOLE day! I realise for most people this is no big deal...
May 1, 20204 min read


If something influenced your moods, decisions and behaviour daily, wouldn't you be curious about it?
It's invisible, it's contagious and it has a huge impact on our society and our economy - and primarily it's a force for good...
Apr 28, 20203 min read


How Do We Engage?
The conference opened with a short talk by James Sale, creator of Motivational Maps. He began on a note of victory.
Dec 28, 20198 min read
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