Hi KRHSmith, I have just joined Moneywise forums and your question is a good one. I run a small motivation based business called Motivational Maps Ltd, and we have created an online heuristic device that describes, measures, monitors and maximizes motivation through its application-rich toolkit. The Maps themselves are done individually, but from the individual results, team and organizational maps can be created. MM Ltd as a company solves 3 basic problems for organizations: *employee motivation problems. *staff retention issues. *staff performance challenges. How are the maps different? I don't know if you use pyschological profiling tools like Myers Briggs and NLP? Well, the maps are fundamentally different from a psychometric test and their usage complements such tests. In a nutshell, PT tell managers how to interact with their staff, MM tell managers what to interact with staff. Further, PT tend to be relatively fixed; MM change over time. What's the current position of MMaps Ltd? Currently, MM Ltd has 3 staff and over 70 licensees of its Motivational Maps® product across the UK. The licensees are predominantly management consultants and coaches. Most of our current licensees or Authorised Practitioners have found that the Maps make a superb USP when pitching for new work, and many business owners are greatly impressed with a tool that can provide a language, and therefore a metric for measuring motivation in business. The Authorised Practitioner licensee arrangement will probably shortly become a franchise opportunity as new tools and applications are being developed as we speak to complement the Motivational Map®. So what's the next step? If your interested in adding a new string to your bow KRHSmith, why not get in touch. Ok. Have a great evening my man, and hopefully hear from you soon. All the best, James

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The post-patrol are onto your James and rightly so!  Mysterious mister KHRSmith does not have any staff to motivate yet, can’t you tell?  No tips here KHRSmith, I’m just a lowly salary earner, but I think you will have to open your cards slightly if you want any worthwhile advice.  Wish you all the best, though, and if you ever recruit a few remember to keep them motivated.  (Wonder if motivational maps would work for my company…lol?)