Gaining commitment
from people in projects:
a practical approach
John Berry
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In Economics
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Towards Performance
3
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waiter
4
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Towards Performance
Contextual
Performance
Task
Performance
Results
Business
Outcomes
5
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Towards Performance
Contextual
Performance
Task
Performance
Results
Business
Outcomes
IntelligencePersonality
Intelligence
PersonalitySkills
Knowledge
Experience Ability
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Towards Performance
Contextual
Performance
Task
Performance
Results
Business
Outcomes
BehaviourMotivation
Job
Characteristics
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Towards Engagement
BehaviourMotivation
Job
Characteristics
Personality
Implicit Motives
Explicit Motives
8
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BehaviourMotivation
Job
Characteristics
Personality
Implicit Motives
Explicit Motives
Leadership
Towards Engagement
9
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Motivation
Job
Characteristics
Variety
Identity
Significance
Autonomy
Feedback
Towards Engagement
10
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End…
…end.
Motivation
Job
Characteristics
Variety
Identity
Significance
Autonomy
Feedback
Personality
Implicit Motives
Explicit Motives
Leadership
Contextual
Performance
Task
Performance
Results
Business
Outcomes
Intelligence
Personality
Intelligence
Personality
Skills
Knowledge
Experience
Ability
Behaviour
11
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Engagement
Motivation
Job
Characteristics
Variety
Identity
Significance
Autonomy
Feedback
Towards Engagement
12
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BehaviourEngagement
Leadership
Commitment
In the short run…
13
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Commitment
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Employee
Sole trader
Sub-contractor
Agency worker
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i-deals vs. commitment
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Practical i-deals?
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Working the models
Comparator
Reference
performance
Actual
performance
Error
prompting
action
Intervention
builder
i-deals
intervention repertoire
20
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For more on commitment…
1. White paper - ’Winning staff commitment by
granting idiosyncratic employment deals’ at -
https://timelesstime.co.uk/knowledgebase/
winning-employee-commitment-by-granting-
idiosyncratic-employment-deals
2. generally on commitment and HR/OD stuff
browse -
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a practical approach
John Berry
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Gaining commitment from people in projects: a practical approach