Thursday, January 3, 2013

PR Pros Need to Know What Motivates People. Do you Know the Four Basic Drives?


The ultimate goal of almost every public relations program is building strategic relationships and impacting behavior… a vote, a purchase, an investment, acceptance of a job offer, increased productivity, a lifestyle change, etc.
In the end, it comes down to people and understanding what moves them. In their book“Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices,” Harvard Business Professors Paul R. Lawrence and Nitin Nohria offer a sociobiological theory of motivation, claiming that humans possess four basic drives: to acquire, to bond, to learn, and to defend. Here’s a simple summary:

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