ABSTRACT
Motivation is energy; it is what fuels the motivators to do ‘things’ – things we want to do. Some motivators are aligned and reinforce each other; other motivators conflict and cause tension, whether that be at an individual (that is, internal), team or organisational level. Usually, most people are directly influenced not by just their top motivator, but by their top three motivators; rarely, this can be their top two or top four, but the scoring shows what really counts or not. Thus, knowing what motivates us and how to reward – or re-fuel – our motivators is to enable higher levels of energy, greater levels of performance and productivity, and to seriously increase our satisfaction with life. The motivators are in an ordered sequence which correlates with Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. They are divided into three groups of three; the groups like the motivators themselves have properties as well as motivational qualities.
