As a leader, it is important to understand what motivates your employees so that you can determine how best to encourage and support them to succeed. Leaders can often reach more members of their teams by taking a multi-perspective approach. In order to comprehend the motivations of others, however, it helps first to identify what motivates you. focus on motivation styles and their applications to management practices.

explain how you could utilize your understanding of motivation styles to effectively manage others. In your explanation, address the following:

• Is your primary motivation to seek reward/pleasure or to avoid risk/pain?
• If you were managing someone whose style was similar to yours, what approach might you use to encourage that person?
• What if the person had a motivation style that was in opposition to yours? How would you support that individual?
• If you managed a whole team of individuals who were a mix of motivation styles, how might you work to find an approach that would meet everyone's needs?
• To support your response, be sure to reference at least one properly cited scholarly source.