Friday, July 07, 2006

RECOGNIZING YOUR MOTIVES


David McClelland, the late Harvard psychologist, identified three internal drivers that explain how we behave: Achievement (meeting or exceeding a standard of excellence), affiliation (maintaining close personal relationships) and power (influencing or having an impact on others).

For an overachiever seeking to broaden his or her range, the first step is to become aware of how motives influence leadership style. You can get a good sense of which drive is dominant in you simply by examining the activities you like to indulge in and why.


· People with high achievement drives tend to like challenging projects that allow them to accomplish something new. They also like to outperform people who represent a high standard of excellence and tend to be utilitarian in their communication – oft en brief and to the point.
· Those high in affiliation are energized by personal relationships. They make heavy use of the phone and e-mail just to stay connected.
· People mainly motivated by personalized power (those who draw strength from controlling others) tend to be driven by status and image.
· Individuals mainly driven by socialized power (those whose strength comes from empowering people) get satisfaction from helping people feel more capable. Th ey like to advise and assist, whether or not the advice is wanted or needed.

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Source:- IIPM Editorial, 2006

Editor:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri

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