The Motivators Assessment identifies what a person truly values, which drives their perspective and goals. Because there are so many possible combinations of motivators, this assessment will demonstrate the unique set of strengths and challenges a person will face. It would be advisable to look for opportunities that require the strengths associated with a person’s top five to seven motivators, and to provide upwardly mobile opportunities for those who have a high propensity for growth. It is also helpful to evaluate the bottom five to seven motivators as venues that they should stay away from in serving if possible. This assessment will identify the top theme or themes of motivators, along with the propensity for growth and the top five individual motivators. Taking Motivators The motivators assessment has seven possible responses to a statement. Depending on the question you may have two sets of responses. The results show a growth propensity scale. The numbers range and are based on a fixed to growth mindset. They also show the composite score and ranked motivators. The results focus on your top scores to avoid clutter of showing descriptions on all the possible motivators. Growth Propensity Growth Propensity measures your perceived mindset on a continuum between a growth mindset and a fixed mindset. These are two ends of a spectrum about how we view our capacity and potential. This number is a measurement of the current propensity for growth, but that can change for an individual over time through applied effort and awareness. Also, their growth propensity scale may be different from one area in their life to another. Motivators Themes Relational This theme describes how you relate to others. These motivators can best be seen as the reasons you build relationships with the people around you, and influence what you value in relationships. The greater the number of the motivators from this cluster you possess in your top five, the more strongly you will be focused on building healthy relationships. Here are the influential motivators: CaringEngagingGatheringRelatingUniting Directional This theme describes how you desire to give direction to a team or an organization. The motivators in this theme can be seen in the type of behavior you demonstrate in your preferred position as it relates to the direction or health of the organization or team in which you are engaged. The greater the number of the motivators from this cluster you possess in your top five, the more effective you will be providing direction within the organization. Here are the organizational motivators: EmpoweringLeadingServingTransformingRiskingEnvisioning Intellectual This theme describes how you focus your mind. These motivators can be seen in the way you think or the kind of mental activities you naturally pursue. The way you view your mental activity will be directly influenced by the motivators in this theme. Your conversations will be greatly influenced by these motivators that are in the top five of your profile. Here are the organizational motivators: BelievingExpressingLearningPerceivingMeta-Thinking Positional This theme describes how you execute your role or position within the team. The motivators in this theme can be seen in the way you approach activity, moment by moment. They dramatically influence what you value and how you spend your time or effort at work. When others look at the way you act, your behavior will be greatly determined by the motivators from this cluster that are found in your top five. Here are the operational motivators: AdaptingInnovatingMaximizingOrganizingPacingPersevering Individual Motivators There are 22 possible motivators in this assessment. While your Top 5 Motivators may be most helpful in understanding your results in a snapshot, you may also find it helpful to see your scores on each for a complete picture. Adapting Description: You change quickly when circumstances require it. You have the capacity to be adaptable in diverse situations. You understand when the need for transformation is necessary before others do. You enjoy change. You have a desire to be on the front edge of any movement. Influence: You influence others by incorporating change so that you are better prepared to handle challenges. Challenge: You are so quick to adjust and adapt that you may miss the positive results of perseverance. Believing Description: You pursue the principles in which you believe with dogged determination. You have a tremendous capacity to be tenacious in pursuing principles in which you trust. You clearly know what you believe and are able to articulate this to others. You have expectations for yourself and others according to these standards. You are confident that you have formed your beliefs through wise experience, counsel and judgment. Influence: You influence others through your convictions. Challenge: Some may see you as inflexible. Caring Description: You are motivated to meet the needs of others. You genuinely care for other people, especially when they are hurting. You have a large capacity for supporting others and are seen as empathetic, especially for those in difficult situations. You may find it easy to identify with the pain that others experience. Influence: You influence others with your care and compassion. Challenge: You may become so consumed with meeting immediate needs that you miss long term solutions. Empowering Description: You equip others to do what they are gifted to do. You have the capacity to equip and release individuals. You enjoy developing mentoring relationships and modeling leadership. You find it easy to see the strengths of others and are also aware of the areas they need to develop. Influence: You influence others by investing in them to do so much more than they could do without your intentional effort. Challenge: You may not always address negative issues in the lives of those you are developing. Engaging Description: This motivator influences you to become deeply involved in the needs of the community. You understand the community and have a keen sense of how to meet their needs. You are frustrated when you see these needs go unmet. You have a desire to be involved in various organizations that are making an impact in your community. Influence: You influence others by engaging your community’s needs in real and tangible ways to make a difference. Challenge: You may not always see issues which need addressing in your life because you are so focused on the community. Expressing Description: You seek opportunities to speak in a variety of environments. You have the capacity to speak effectively and enjoy talking and engaging others about your areas of expertise. You find it easy to articulate your thoughts and to share them in a credible manner. You are not intimidated by speaking in large or small groups, and you find pleasure in persuading others to your perspective. Influence: You influence others through speaking and sharing your perspective. Challenge: You may spend more time speaking to people rather than listening to them. Gathering Description: You bring people together. You have the capacity to engage people and find they want to be around you. You understand what people want in a relationship and are able to meet those needs. You enjoy bringing people together. You have a desire to influence those who are drawn to you. Influence: You influence others by bringing them along with you wherever you go. Challenge: You may enjoy bringing people together more than actually accomplishing something together. Innovating Description: You continuously look for new ways to do everything. You have the capacity to see what could be done better. You understand why something isn’t working, and you can figure out how to do it differently. You enjoy finding new solutions and have a desire to create something from nothing. You may be frustrated if you are not challenged. You never look for the easy answer. Influence: You influence others by energetically tackling something that may never have been done before. Challenge: You may enjoy creating so much that there is no execution of a plan to bring that innovation to reality. Leading Description: You bring others together to accomplish a task. You have the capacity to take responsibility for others to achieve something together. You understand what needs to happen in most situations and can mobilize others to work together to undertake it. You enjoy when others follow your lead, and you have a desire to make an impact working together with others. Influence: You influence others by your ability to inspire and engage them to accomplish more together than they could have accomplished individually. Challenge: You may not feel comfortable just being “one of the team” when you are not the sole leader. Learning Description: You continually seek out opportunities to understand new things. You have the capacity to continue learning through various media. You understand that there is so much more to know about our world, and you feel stagnant if you are not growing in some manner. You have a desire to learn all that you can about everything. Every opportunity is an opportunity to learn and grow. Influence: You influence others by sharing what you are learning in one area and helping them apply it in different areas. Challenge: You may enjoy learning so much that there is little effort to actually apply what you learn. Maximizing Description: You only invest your time, money or effort in areas that can give you a significant rate of return. You have the capacity to see opportunities where a substantial benefit will result. You understand what is necessary to make an impact using your resources. Influence: You influence others through your strategic sense of when and where to invest resources for maximum impact. Challenge: You may find it difficult to serve others on the team rather than maximizing your own time and effort. Organizing Description: You seek opportunities that allow you to bring chaos under control. You have the capacity to bring order out of disorder. You understand that the “devil is in the details,” so you work on creating systems to maintain control of those details. You enjoy when everything flows as planned. You have a desire to organize various pieces into one coherent whole. Influence: You influence others by bringing random fragments together to meet your goals. Challenge: You may be resistant to change because it could bring unwanted chaos. Pacing Description: You keep a consistent and stable structure in your life and work. You have the capacity to know when your life is getting out of balance. You understand how much you can handle and what has to change for your work/life balance to achieve healthy stability. You enjoy living in a structured and consistent manner. You desire to create beneficial boundaries in all areas of your life. Influence: You influence others by modeling long-term sustainable margins within life and work. Challenge: You may resist a temporary imbalance that is required to complete a task with excellence. Perceiving Description: You discern in others what is not readily apparent. You have the capacity to observe behaviors in others which is not consistent with what they are saying. You understand when things don’t turn out to be as they were initially described. You enjoy trying to understand others. You have a desire to find out if your intuitions are correct. Influence: You influence others through your observations that can be harnessed to help the team be more effective in working together. Challenge: You may not know what to do with your insights and may find yourself sharing with others who do not need to know. Persevering Description: You stay the course when trying to accomplish a goal, long after others have given up. You have the capacity to ride the ups and downs of circumstances without being defeated. You understand that all forward progress is accomplished through grit and hard work. You see demanding times as a test of your abilities. You have a desire to succeed in spite of resistance. Influence: You influence others through your resilience and perseverance in difficult times. Challenge: You may not be able to walk away from those situations that are simply not worth the effort. Relating Description: You seek others with whom you can build relationships. You have the capacity to draw people into your sphere of trust and rapport. You understand what others want or need relationally and are able to provide that in a healthy manner. You enjoy the close relationships that develop others. You have a desire to ensure everyone is connected to other people through an interpersonal network. Influence: You influence others by building strong ties with those who are socially connected to you. Challenge: You may form relationships with so many people that you simply cannot maintain integrity and depth in them all. Risking Description: You seek out opportunities involving risk and challenge. You have the capacity to thrive in environments which entail some level of risk. You understand how to handle uncertainty in the assignments you pursue. You enjoy the thrill of being challenged to attempt something you have not previously tried. You have a desire to do things that test you. Influence: You influence others by stretching them to try something new. Challenge: You will seldom be satisfied with the status quo and will therefore be easily bored. Serving Description: You attend to the needs of others while pursuing their best, not your own. You have the capacity to work behind the scenes when others are not even aware of what you are doing. You understand what needs to be done long before others do. You enjoy doing the little things which may have gone unattended. You have a desire to serve others, so they can flourish. Influence: You influence others by helping them, so they can function within their strengths. Challenge: You and those around you may undervalue your contribution to the team. Meta-Thinking Description: You are intentionally aware of your thoughts at any given moment. You have the capacity to consciously evaluate your patterns of thought. You understand what is going on in your mind and why you are thinking the way you are. You enjoy internal reflection. You have a desire to understand why others respond as they do and to fit that into your logical mental framework. Influence: You influence others by your insight into what others may be thinking. Challenge: You can get lost in your thoughts rather than making a decision and moving forward. Transforming Description: You try to improve the organizations to which you belong. You have the capacity to identify and understand crucial changes that need to be made to bring about progress. You understand how to motivate people to accept change and work together through that process. You have a desire to help people embrace the differences that are best for the team. Influence: You influence others by enabling them to feel comfortable and committed to organizational transformation. Challenge: You may experience the discomfort of leaving people behind who do not want to change, while feeling the need to keep moving ahead with the change. Uniting Description: You naturally connect people around a common cause. You have the capacity to help people develop ownership of a vision. You understand how to deal with individual needs in order for the team to win. You enjoy helping others feel like a part of the group. You have a desire for everyone on the team to feel responsible for the success of the team. Influence: You influence others by creating a sense of belonging for every member of the team. Challenge: You may spend so long unifying the team that it hurts the critical progress or momentum. Visioning Description: You dream of things that don’t yet exist. You have the capacity to picture what could be possible in the future. You understand that you can’t accomplish this by yourself; therefore, you enjoy attracting others to your picture of the future. You have a desire for your organization to be much more than it currently is and want to bring that into reality. Influence: You influence others by inspiring and encouraging them to see much more than their current reality. Challenge: You can tend to live in the future and get frustrated with the realities of the current situation.