Growing Games
Anna Porse NielsenSeptember, 11th, 2014
Content• Who am I?
• The DNA of the creative employee• A new type of employee
• Motivation
• Four archetypes
• Motivating the primadonna
• Discussion
My background• A degree in Political Science
• 8 years as CEO of my own company
• 7 years in different organizations
• Mentor for creative entrepreneurs
• Board member of a number of cultural organizations
• A passion for leadership.
Point of departure• From the industrial economy to the
knowledge and experience economy.
• Two fundamental shifts: • Post WW2: Modernity and identity as an individual
project.
• Increasing wealth: All our fundamental needs are covered.
A new type of employee• From industrial thinking to the creative
class and the knowledge worker
• The professional employee: Highly specialized and with creativity at the core of their work: • Education
• Strong professional values
• Specialist status
• Autonomy at work
• Work as a ”calling”
• Work has a higher purpose
How do you motivate?• Classical motivational theory: Salary, social
belonging and self actualization
• Popular recent motivational theory: Generation Y - Critical and spoiled from the start: Demands challenging tasks, no routine work and good leadership
• Critical motivational theory: Traditional control (power) has been replaced by inner ideological
control (protestant work ethics).
• Need for a new theory on leadership
The primadonna theory
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"!Works!to!live!"!Thinks!in!terms!of!a!give!and!receive!balance!
"!Acknowledges!the!values!of!the!profession!only!if!it!is!a!personal!advantage!without!costs!
!"Is!considered!almost!a!“here>c”!by!the!primadonna!!
!
!The!pragma*c!
!"!Pragma(c!approach!to!work!
"!Priori(zes!according!to!work/life!balance!"!Work!is!not!the!primary!source!of!content!and!
iden(ty!!
"!Shares!the!values!of!the!profession!but!is!unwilling!to!sacrifice!too!much!
!
The$performance$tripper$$!
To!types:!!*Extrovert:!Mo0vated!by!the!extrovert!performance,!
acknowledgement!and!career!*Introvert:!Mo0vated!by!the!introvert!performance!
(the!mountain!climber)!!
*!Will!accommodate!the!values!of!the!profession,!but!values!are!connected!to!individual!performance!
The$primadonna$!
"Mo%vated!by!a!higher!purpose!(almost!a!“calling”)!and!a!wishes!to!make!a!difference!"Very!strong!values!and!ideals!
"Apprecia%on!isn’t!mo%va%ng!by!itself!but!is!used!to!give!purpose!to!work!
!"!Work!is!a!primary!source!of!content!and!iden%ty!
Overview
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How can you apply this?
How to lead the primadonna?
Existen(al+mo(va(onal+
factors+
Mo(va(on:+Emo(onal+&+psychological+state+of+mind++
Controllable+mo(va(onal+factors+&+
leadership+virtues+
Existential motivational factors• The calling!
• Search for meaning
Emotional & psycholo-gical state of mind
• The kick - when everything makes sense
• Flow and the search for flow: Deeply satisfying and the primary motivator for the primadonna
• Identity
Controllable motivation factors
• Shielding leadership
• Authentic alignment between: • The values and ideals of the professional “tribe”
• The societal expectations to the profession
• The practical framework for the work
• Feedback - praise & critique.
Leadership virtues• Feed the calling
• Have courage
• Inspire
• Be passionate
• And be generous
Anna Porse [email protected] 5225