Paradigm Motivational Questionnaire (MQ)
Is motivation important for you?
MQ can be used as a powerful stand alone report, or combined with the Personality Profile to form an even more complete, solution driven and motivational tool.
Motivating employees is supposed to be an important job for every manager. So, how much do your managers know about human motivation? And how well do they understand the needs of their staff?
The PARADIGM Motivational Questionnaire (MQ) is designed to help employees and employers explore and understand the conditions that tend to increase or reduce the enthusiasm and motivation of people at work. Based on 15 work related needs - called motivational factors - the questionnaire outlines a comprehensive job motivation profile for each individual participant.
The motivational profile is a snapshot of employee needs as participants perceive them now. It is a dynamic result of comparing desires with conditions currently provided by the work environment.
The motivational profile can serve as a reference material for appraisal, feedback, coaching or employee dialog. Such two-way discussion between employees and the organisation is very important to define the right objectives and opportunities for people and to maximise the mutual benefit for both parties.
MQ also helps employees to benefit from the scientific research about human motivation. Scientists like Maslow and McClelland discovered that the most successful people share some common characteristics in their motivation: these highly effective people are capable to motivate themselves. They seem to have an internal dynamo that generates energy and enthusiasm, and this motivation carries them through tough times of starting up, hardship, slow development, difficulties, set-backs, challenges and failures. These motivational factors are called Intrinsic motivational factors, as opposed to Extrinsic motivational factors which come from the outside world.
Extrinsic motivation (outside factors) quickly looses it's effect, while Intrinsic motivation (internal motivation) provides continued energy. Organisations need to look at, and develop both, but the Intrinsic motivation is something that is possible to develop, and that development brings win-win for employees and employers. The Paradigm Practitioner Training programme will provide you with the knowledge and effective skills to be able to use this tool most effectively.