The motivational response index ®
Safety
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Compensation
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Efficiency
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Training
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Work Load
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Stress Load
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Job fit
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Vision
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Advancement
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Innovation
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Empathy
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Authenticity
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Craft
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Community
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Cause
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Safety - Compensation - Efficiency - Training - Work Load - Stress Load - Job fit - Vision - Advancement - Innovation - Empathy - Authenticity - Craft - Community - Cause -
about The motivational response index ®
Every single day, in every person’s job, there are 15 specific employee needs at play that determine job satisfaction, performance and profitability broken up into three categories: The Survival Needs, The Success Needs, and The Significance Needs. We measure those 15 critical needs to show you what’s standing in the way of each employee engaging fully at work.
the Survival needs
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The first need in the human spectrum is for basic safety. It’s hard to work day-in and day-out when threatened with physical harm. Equally important is the need for emotional safety. Abusive or condescending treatment from bosses or coworkers can undermine all other benefits.
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Pay and benefits are often the first measures people use to evaluate a job. Money can be an effective incentive, often used to compensate for shortcomings in other areas. Money isn’t everything. But if your paycheck doesn’t feel at least competitive, your sense of commitment can falter.
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The systems and procedures in a workplace can either empower your efforts or frustrate them completely. When workflows are poorly designed, people can end up working late and generally feel like they’re wasting time. For some people, this can really ruin a good day.
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There’s a lot of talk about the importance of autonomy in the modern workplace. It tends to create the impression that nobody wants to be told what to do. But nothing could be further from the truth. Feeling properly prepared and supported in your tasks is an important human need.
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Somewhere between unemployment and a treadmill is the optimal workload for sustainable happiness. Do you feel like you’re on a hamster wheel that won’t stop? Or, like some people, do you feel underutilized? Your workload can either be a source of life or a life sentence.
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Stress is an important determiner of workplace happiness. While nobody wants to be bored, they don’t want too much drama either. If your days are filled with crisis after crisis, then your days may also be numbered. Recognizing the role stress plays at work is the first step to managing it.
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In order to excel in the workplace, it’s important to be using the skills at which you excel. A surprising number of professionals end up with duties that are outside their natural skillset. It’s fine to pitch in where help is needed, but at some point you need to find your sweet spot to find happiness.
the Significance needs
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Vision is a measure of how well you understand the outcomes your work is accomplishing. Do you know why you must do what you do? Can you feel a sense of progress as you do it? When company leadership is strong, the people know where they’re going and why.
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Growth is an inherent part of the human experience. Even if you haven’t measured it before, the need to develop and advance has been churning inside you.
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Nobody wants a workplace that’s behind the times. The practice of continuous improvement invigorates the work experience and keeps people from feeling irrelevant.
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Like everyone, you want to feel valued, understood, and appreciated. But that can only happen if the people around you have empathy. Happy employees not only perform well, but they are treated with dignity, regardless.
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When there’s hypocrisy in the air, it holds people back from giving their best. In contrast, when the culture is authentic and genuine, it paves the way for loyalty and commitment. When you sense integrity in the people around you, it frees you up to give your best efforts to your work.
the Sucess needs
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A Craft person is motivated by the experience of exercising a skill, or a craft they’ve mastered. This could mean playing an instrument, making a product, or working in a science. In every case of craft, there’s a task that involves significant skill, and the person enjoys practicing his or her skill successfully.
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A Cause person is motivated by work that serves an important purpose. This describes a person who might join the Peace Corps or go into the ministry or lobby for a social justice issue. This could also be any type of work that is highly esteemed for its prominence socially, financially, or morally, etc.
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A Community person is someone who gets satisfaction from being an irreplaceable member of a group. For this type, the sense of identity they get from belonging to a group of people in their workplace is important.
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