Personal Reflection: Moving Forward With Motivation

Moving Forward with Motivation Imagine having the ability to motivate a workforce using an internal catalyst that all human beings possess. This internal drive is at the very core of Drive by Daniel Pink. Pink suggests that the business world does not explore the internal human drive that motivates us in the current day. The key concepts related to the topic of motivation gained from the book Drive are autonomy, mastery and purpose (Pink 2009). Motivation is the reason or reasons; one has for acting or behaving in a particular way, the general desire or willingness of someone to do something. Accordingly, the reasons vary from person to person as each person has his or her individual needs and drives to motivate himself or herself. Drive suggests a new way to ponder motivation, removing the antiquated concepts of encouragement, and reinventing incentives through a long ignored scientific lens

Employees are most focused and productive all the while feeling satisfied.

We have all experienced times when, instead of being buffeted by anonymous forces, we do feel in control of our actions, masters of our own fate. On the rare occasions that it happens, we feel a sense of exhilaration, a deep sense of enjoyment that is long cherished and that becomes a landmark in memory for what life should be like (Csikszentmihalyi, 1990, p. 3).

By using this improved approach, innovative businesses can attract, develop and retain a highly engaged and motivated workforce, without the frustration due to mismatch between what employees must do and what employees can do. Matching work to individuals’ desire to self-direct their lives, grow and extend knowledge and ability and to contribute to society is the key to embracing the improved concepts of