Conference Theme
'Motivational Archetypes: Learn about your own, your employees, and students motivational archetypes'
Understanding how people are motivated is one of the greatest challenges for knowledge workers in modern educational institutions and other knowledge-intensive organisations. When engaged in producing knowledge through teaching, development, and innovation, research indicates that individuals are largely driven by intrinsic motivation. However, motivation is not a one-size-fits-all concept. Far too often, we mistakenly believe that the way we ourselves are motivated and engaged at work is the same for others, but there can be significant differences from person to person.
What motivates one person may be draining and demotivating for another. Through 20 years of research, four overarching archetypes have been uncovered, and understanding these motivational archetypes also reveals learning and working styles. By understanding your motivational archetype and what energizes you at work, you can also deduce what works conversely and leads to stress. Similarly, because stress types are often misunderstood, many are misdiagnosed and mistreated.
Just as what may be motivating for one person, what is stressful for one type may be completely different for another. We will work on understanding our own and others' motivational archetypes through practical exercises.