motivation-mapper

Maps founder motives and key-people motivators to align vision, incentives, and leadership approaches.

Updated Aug 22, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/fritzgeraldz/Vibe-Managing --skill motivation-mapper-fritzgeraldz
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: motivation-mapper
Source: https://github.com/fritzgeraldz/Vibe-Managing/tree/main/skills/leadership/motivation-mapper
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/fritzgeraldz/Vibe-Managing --skill motivation-mapper-fritzgeraldz

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? Founders often cannot articulate what truly drives themselves or why key employees stay beyond a paycheck, leaving retention, engagement, and vision-setting to guesswork. This Skill surfaces the founder's real motives and builds a per-person motivation map so leadership, incentives, and roles align with what actually drives people. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Founder Motive Ranking: Rank-orders a ten-item motive taxonomy, extracts the top three drivers, and flags mind-vs-heart conflicts where stated motives diverge from emotional pull. - Key-People Motivation Map: Records each key person's style, importance, and non-monetary motivator with provenance, and generates motivator-plus-style tailored management approaches. - Ask-Them Discipline: Never fabricates an unknown motivator; instead it outputs a suggested question for the founder to ask the employee directly. - Use Case: A founder worried about losing a lead designer learns the designer stays to shape the vision, receives an Expressive-style approach (early vision involvement, public credit), and gets a retention flag routed to the People domain. ## Quick Start Use the motivation-mapper skill to rank my motives as a founder and map what motivates each of my key people beyond compensation.

Frequently Asked Questions about motivation-mapper

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

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How do I figure out what motivates my key employees beyond salary?▼

Map each key person's non-monetary motivator using their stated reasons for working at the company, then pair that motivator with their communication style to design a tailored approach. If the reason is unknown or guessed, ask the employee directly rather than assuming.

How to identify what motivates a founder to run a business?▼

Rank-order a taxonomy of ten motives such as doing significant work, being your own boss, and making a good living, then compare the top ranking against what the founder emotionally lights up about. Divergence between the two signals a mind-vs-heart conflict to resolve before locking a vision.

Can this skill make compensation or promotion decisions for employees?▼

No, compensation benchmarking, promotions, role changes, and retention offers are out of scope and route to the People or HR domain with founder approval. The skill only maps motivators and recommends advisory approaches; it never acts on an employee.

What happens when an employee's motivator is unknown?▼

The skill never fabricates a motivator from guesses or personality style. It outputs an explicit ask-them action with a suggested question the founder can use in conversation, and marks the profile confidence as low until the founder reports back.

How does personality style relate to employee motivation?▼

Style (Driver, Expressive, Amiable, Analytical) determines how to deliver a motivator, not what the motivator is. For example, recognition is delivered publicly for an Expressive person but privately and precisely for an Analytical one.

When should a founder refresh a motivation map?▼

Refresh the key-people map every six months and founder motives yearly or when personal goals change. Also re-run it when a key person's engagement slips, after a new key hire, or before designing incentives or a company vision.