John worked as a financial clerk for ABC Traders. He had been in this position for almost five years. He started feeling unhappy and demotivated at work as he believed it was time for a promotion and salary increase. He was ready for a change in his career and wanted to play a bigger role in achieving the organisation's objectives. He had more regular meetings with his supervisor, attended a variety of managerial courses and within a year he was promoted to assistant manager. John is happy and plans to study further in the hopes of heading the finance department one day in a leadership capacity.

Q. 1

Explain the steps of the motivation process and how it applied to John.