Mapping Motivation for Leadership

<p><em>Mapping Motivation for Leadership</em> co-written with Jane Thomas is the fourth of a series of seven books that are all linked to the author’s Motivational Map toolkit. Each book builds on a different aspect of personal team and organisational development.</p><p></p><p>This is a practical guide to leadership in the 21st century and builds on the ‘4+1’ model outlined in the author's original book <em>Mapping Motivation: Unlocking the Key to Employee Energy and Engagement</em>. There is an increasing body of evidence that the single most important aspect of being a leader relates to managing emotions effectively and this management goes way beyond simply ‘understanding’ emotional intelligence; it is in fact a practice and one that is intimately connected with personal development and growth and with energy. Energy as <i>Mapping Motivation</i> made clear is synonymous with motivation. The effective leaders of tomorrow will be those who understand their motivators who regularly measure their motivators sustain and replenish and maximise their motivators and who do the same for their employees.</p><p></p><p>Clearly there is a link here with the book on engagement for leaders who do so will engage their employees. However this book not only covers the motivational side of leadership but also explores in detail the skill sets necessary in the ‘4+1’ model: thinking skills action skills team skills and motivational skills plus that indefinable ‘something’ that is a commitment to personal development so that we as leaders are not trying to solve today’s problems with yesterday’s training as our only internal resource.</p>