
What is
your dominant
motivator and
how does
it affect
your career?
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Has a strong need to set and accomplish challenging goals.
Takes calculated risks to accomplish their goals.
Likes to receive regular feedback on their progress and achievements.
Often likes to work alone.
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Wants to belong to the group.
Wants to be liked, and will often go along with whatever the rest of the group wants to do.
Favors collaboration over competition.
Doesn't like high risk or uncertainty.
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Wants to control and influence others.
Likes to win arguments.
Enjoys competition and winning.
Enjoys status and recognition.
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You are motivated from getting others to accept your opinion. You don't give up easily while defending an idea. You use various methods to persuade. You don't usually go after other people's opinion. You have a unique perspective on many issues. You express your opinion without hesitation. Others may also consult you to make their decisions because you don't hesitate to make decisions for them. Instead of staying silent when a topic is discussed, you share your opinion frankly. Your supervisor should ask your opinion frequently highlighting your contribution to the decisions made.
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You are motivated from using your logic. Therefore, you are constantly trying to search for the right reasoning based on concrete data and a clear logic. When someone presents information to you, you check the source and accuracy of that information by asking questions. It makes you very happy to make an emotion-free decision. Your supervisor should base his communication on logic and explain the reasoning behind tasks and assignments in an emotion-free way.
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Your team is important to you. You strive for your team to win rather than individual success. If your team has made a decision that you do not agree with, you will comply with this decision. The team's expectations from you are important to you. You try to stay out of a decision or action that would be negative for your team. You make sacrifices for the community in which you feel a sense of belonging. Sometimes you strongly defend your team's interests. Your supervisor should often remind you that you are a team.
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You are motivated by achieving the goals given to you and systematically following your work. Completing a task on the to-do list makes you very happy. Therefore, you do your best to reach your goals. You follow your work very systematically. If you asked someone to do something, you will follow it. Your supervisor should give you clear, measurable goals that don't change all the time.
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You are motivated from making others happy. On the other hand, you make sure that business decisions or conflicts do not upset others. You help people without expecting anything in return. You would prefer to remain silent just because someone will be unhappy and avoid direct confrontation. Even if you are too busy or have your own problems, you spend time with people who ask for your help. Since people know this feature of you, they often expect you to say words that will make them happy. Before saying something or doing something you take into account whether this will make others unhappy. Your supervisor should let you know how your work will make him/her happy.
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Ensuring that you find enjoyment in your work is crucial. It's highly unlikely to see you fully engaged in tasks that don't resonate with you. When you're passionate about the work assigned, you're capable of dedicating countless hours to it. Conversely, if the work doesn't spark joy, you tend to procrastinate on your responsibilities. Even if a role aligns with your skills, lacking fulfillment prompts you to seek other opportunities. Therefore, it's imperative for your manager to cultivate a positive and enjoyable work environment.
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When you make an effort or do a good job, you want people around you to notice it. It makes you happy to be appreciated. While doing a job, even imagining the appreciation that the outcome of the work will get by others makes you happy. When you are not appreciated or criticized, it can seriously demotivate you. You want to focus on the positive. You don't like people who focus primarily on what can be improved. The more you are recognized, the more motivated you work. Your supervisor should clearly and genuinely appreciate your efforts and achievements.
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You enjoy learning new information, understanding how things work and improving yourself. You tend to solve the situations that come your way like a puzzle. You want to gather information while a topic is being told to you. You ask questions so that you have a complete picture in your mind. The more you learn, the stronger you feel. You are also competent in learning. You like analysing complex situations. Your manager should provide you with learning and development opportunities and assign you non-uniform assignments.
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You are a person who cares about your intuition. When making a decision, you consult your intuition as much as the concrete data presented to you. You also develop an opinion about a person based on your instincts. You can easily make up your mind and your decisions are firm. Sometimes your colleagues don't understand why you made a decision, but they know that when you make a decision, your mind will not change. You focus on the big picture. Your supervisor should question how you are feeling and ask questions about what underlies that feeling.
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You find motivation through communication with others, maintaining regular contact to foster connections. Within your work environment, you go beyond mere job duties, genuinely inquiring about people's well-being. You prioritize information sharing and communication, believing it to be vital in the workplace. When interacting with others, you actively seek to understand their thoughts and emotions, often providing detailed explanations yourself. Roles with substantial human interaction resonate most with you, driving your motivation. Therefore, it's beneficial for your supervisor to share ample information and maintain regular communication with you.
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You are motivated from focusing your time, energy and attention on useful things. As you listen to people, you often ask yourself, "Is this useful for me?". If the answer is negative, you will divert your attention. You prioritize your work by considering its importance and benefit. Your supervisor need to be clear and consistent about what is important and prioritized.
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You are motivated from fulfilling your responsibilities and from following clear rules. You attach great importance to universally accepted concepts such as justice, professionalism, courtesy and duty. You do your best to fulfil your responsibilities and sometimes even take on the responsibilities of others. Your supervisor should clearly outline your responsibilities and rules.
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You are motivated from producing high quality work. You work almost to the extreme to ensure the quality of your work is perfect. You take the feedback of others to improve the quality of your work. You want to anticipate all possible possibilities and take action for them. Your supervisor should provide you with an unhurried environment for you to do quality work.
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You want to have the best performance in your team. You don't see failure as an option and you are ready to put a great effort into being perceived as the best. The competitive environment motivates you. If anyone claims to be better than you, this will immediately put you in the competitive mode. The slightest possibility of failure creates serious anxiety for you. Your supervisor should remind you how your performance can lead to success.
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It is very important for you to be respected. You behave in such a way that people around you treat you with respect. You may be perceived by others as proud or distant. You will never engage in a behavior that you think will degrade yourself. You can be hesitant about asking for your rights. Because of your sensitivity, your environment will treat you with respect. You cannot tolerate being treated disrespectfully. Your supervisor should Show his/her respect towards you.
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Your level of courage is higher than most people. You do not hesitate to take risks. You don't do much risk analysis when defending an idea or making a decision. When you consider possible actions that may go wrong, you say "if it goes wrong I will find a solution". You will cope better than most people in environments of uncertainty. You make decisions that may make people anxious. Your supervisor should focus on opportunities rather than risks.
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You are motivated from empathizing with others. You can easily see what people are feeling from what they say and what they do. You know what you should say to others in order to touch their emotions. You can also control your own emotions. You decide what to say by observing what people feel. Your supervisor should make you feel aware of your ability to understand emotions.
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You are motivated from promoting a positive reputation among your colleagues . How you are perceived by others is important to you. You take care not to be despised by others. Therefore, you strive to learn how you are perceived by others and you try to align your decisions to your colleagues. You work actively to influence how others perceive you. You will be motivated as you are reminded of how your work is perceived by others. Your supervisor should share with you how your performance will affect your perception by others.