Career

Managing Performance by Understanding Behaviour

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Striving Styles and Teamwork

By understanding the different needs, approaches, strengths and weaknesses of each of the Striving Styles, the organization can maximize a team’s effectiveness by harnessing the natural energy that is engaged when individuals can meet their own needs through teamwork.

Using the Striving Styles System in the Workplace

The Striving Styles System goes deeper than other systems of typology by looking at the predominant needs of each of the Styles and how they behave when they are self-actualizing and self-protecting.

Leaders, are You in the Drivers Seat? - Striving Styles Lecture Series

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Intrinsic Motivation and the Striving Styles System

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Intrinsic Motivation - Employee Engagement

Leaders do best when they assess their employees Striving Style, their abilitity to strive and whether their dominant need can be met through their work.

Presenteeism and the Disengaged Employee

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Presenteeism and Organizational Mental Health

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Welcome to the Striving Styles Blog

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