Motivating Self and Others

Martin E. Ford is Professor and Senior Associate Dean in the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University, USA. He received two APA early career awards during his 13 years at Stanford, where he created Motivational Systems Theory. Peyton R. Smith developed and delivered leadership training worldwide for a decade prior to his retirement and after over 30 years of engineering and sales management, primarily at Digital Equipment Corporation and Microsoft Corporation. His evidence-based leadership and executive coaching programs have been recognized with numerous awards.

• 1. Motivation and Optimal Functioning: Making the Most of Our Natural Gifts; 2. Self-Direction: How Nature Has Equipped You to Survive, with Well-Being; 3. Core Personal Goals: The Leaders Within You; 4. Motivational Systems Theory: The Leadership Team in Motivational Headquarters; 5. Thriving with Social Purpose: Human Motivation at Its Best; 6. Evolutionary Origins of Social Purpose: Human Nature on the Other Side of the Cooperation Divide; 7. Life Meaning: Affirming the Role of TSP and Goal-Life Alignment in Optimal Human Functioning; 8. Guiding Principles for Motivating Self and Others: Pathways to Optimal Human Functioning; 9. Your Toolbox for Motivating Self and Others: Figures, Formulas, and Frameworks You Can Use to Enhance Effectiveness, Well-Being, and Life Meaning in Self and Others.

'Two distinguished experts on human motivation have teamed up to show you how to navigate your way to success and happiness. There are lots of books on that topic, but the difference is that this book is based on scientific theory and research, so it presents techniques that are scientifically shown to work.' Robert J. Sternberg, Professor of Human Development, Cornell University