How Motivation Drives Performance – Creator Profile

So we’ve seen how Spirits, those who are driven by autonomy, can maintain and increase their motivation levels. Now let’s take a look at the Creator.

If you have Creator as one of your top motivators, you will seek and embrace change and innovation.   Your favourite gift is a blank sheet of paper; your worst nightmare the company handbook of processes and procedures.  You are highly motivated when you are given the opportunity to identify new ideas, new ways of doing old things, or to solve problems – as long as you get the credit, not your boss.

So what can you do if you’re not feeling as optimistic or as playful as usual?  Ask yourself if your role has become a bit more routine than usual – have you stopped looking for new ways to do things?  Perhaps it is time for a re-think, or a brainstorm around a particularly mundane aspect of the role to see if it can be changed.  Ask your boss if there are any projects that need someone like you to get them going.  Or perhaps they have a problem that you could solve for them – a win/win situation.

Next Tuesday : Star – the need for public recognition