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How to Develop Mental Toughness

Skip Prichard

Expectancy theory is a theory in psychology that is the basis for most of the work I do. Expectancy theory states “that which you focus on expands.” We have a tendency to be quick to dismiss our successes and strengths, and really zero in on our mistakes and shortcomings.

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M: Expectancy

LDRLB

This post is the third in a series on motivation theory. Expectancy theory attempts to explain the mental processed of choice or choosing. The theory itself was first proposed by Victor Vroom, who served as a professor at Yale School of Management. These elements are: valence, instrumentality and expectancy.

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M: Expectancy

LDRLB

Expectancy theory attempts to explain the mental processed of choice or choosing. The theory itself was first proposed by Victor Vroom, who served as a professor at Yale School of Management. These elements are: valence, instrumentality and expectancy. Expectancy theory presents a formula for motivation.

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How to Motivate Yourself

Let's Grow Leaders

Expectancy theory seemed to resonate. Work your way up Maslow’s hierarchy. If you need sleep and food, get that first. It’s hard to be motivated to change the world if you’re exhausted. Set Achieveable Goals. Create a Support Network. Don’t try to do this alone.

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Path-goal Theory

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Path-goal theory is half leadership, half motivational theory. It was developed to explain how leaders motivate their followers toward a determined end.

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My Buffalo Wild Wings Rant

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Expectancy theory tells us incentives work when task performance is easily related to the reward, and the reward is desired. Those jobs call for transactional leadership, a.k.a., incentives. It’s a standard rule of organizational psychology: that which gets measured gets done; rewarded gets done better (or more often).

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Six Ways to Drive Employee Performance and Motivation

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Victor Vroom’s work on expectancy theory supports the concept that employees must know what action they are expected to take and that it will yield the desired performance. Your employees should understand what they are expected to do, how they are expected to do it, and how they will be judged on it.