Posts tagged ‘Maslow’s hierarchy of needs’

Ian Marshall has done a great deal of work in studying Spiritual Intelligence and devised a “Scale of Motivation” to work along side Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.

Marshall contends that our “transformation process” must be aimed at adjusting our “motivations” FIRST to sustain any lasting effect.  Most change processes are aimed at altering behavior (habits).  Unless the motivation (cause) is addressed first, the behaviors (effects) will be short-lived. Continue reading ‘Spiritual Intelligence… Using Maslow’s Needs’ »

Better yet, let’s turn that around.  We have been looking at Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs this week.  One way for the CEO or company owner to make certain his or her company receives high marks from the customers is to make certain the company receives high marks from the employees!   Simply stated… your employees will offer the same service and attitude that you mirror to them in their work. Continue reading ‘Is Your Workplace De-Motivating?’ »

Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs led to his book, Motivation and Personality.  Much has since been researched and written about Maslow’s theory on motivation but his work still remains intact and is used in studying motivation today.   Much of the motivational studies relate to workplace motivation.

Most people are familiar with Maslow’s pyramid of needs, but less known is that he further broke the needs down into two groups of needs.  They are:

  1. Deficiency Needs- also known as D- Needs
  2. Growth Needs- also known as “being needs” or B- Needs Continue reading ‘Deficiency Needs or Growth Needs?’ »

Following up on our last post of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, let’s look more closely at each of these five human needs:

1. Physiological Needs

  • These needs are the most basic needs in order to sustain life, such as the need for water, air, food, and sleep.  According to Maslow, these are the foundation of all human needs since all other needs are secondary until the physiological needs are met. Continue reading ‘Is YOUR Hierarchy of Needs Being Met?’ »

We have all studied Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.  According to Maslow, there are five levels of human needs: Continue reading ‘Does Maslow Work Here?’ »