The document discusses an employee motivation model called the 4-Drive Model developed by Lawrence and Nohria. The model proposes that there are four core drives that motivate employees: acquire, bond, comprehend, and defend. The document suggests that employers can impact each of these four drives through strategies like reward systems, culture, job design, and protecting reputation in order to improve employee motivation, focus, effort, retention, creativity, and persistence.

1. Driving Employee Motivation Kurt Nelson

3. While others run?

4. And others just sit?

5. And why do millions of people go to work each day?

6. Motivation is the force that drives our actions

8. History has given us many models of Motivation… Need for achievement (n-ach) Need for authority and power (n-pow) Need for affiliation (n-affil) McClelland Needs Based Motivational Model Locke & Lathum Goal Setting Bandura Self Efficacy

9. Technically Motivation is…

14. Acquire We all have a drive to acquire money, things, prestige, power…

15. Bond We also want to Bond with others - and have positive, meaningful relationships

16. Comprehend or Challenged We also strive to UNDERSTAND and feel CHALLENGED

17. Defend And we need to DEFEND those things and ideas we BELIEVE IN

21. It all really boils down to Why is this important?

22. Improves Focus Increases Effort Aids Retention Drives Creativity Enhances Persistence Because it…

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