Motivational Management: Inspiring Your People for Maximum Performance

Appendix A. Measuring and Tracking Job Motivation Levels

An appendix is normally not read at the time you read the rest of the book, but is referred to after you have read the book and its information is more useful. This appendix covers a tool and technique for tracking motivation levels, with motivation being defined, as in the book, as self-motivation with an emphasis on and a high achievement orientation. In other words, the kind of motivation needed for the level-two economic environment described in the Introduction and Chapter 1.

Why measure motivation? If it is important to the achievement of your management goals, then it is probably something you want to quantify and track. Measuring anything is a prerequisite to managing it. Exercise ...