GUIDELINES TO NRDC feb 24 2014

Step 4: Overcome Barriers, ContinuedCauses ofnegativebehaviorMisplacedmotivationAffiliation,achievement,and powerExamplesMisplaced motivation and inhibitions can cause negative behavior like indecision,micro managing, or time wasting.We act in certain ways from motivation to satisfy needs. Usually we try tosatisfy them in useful ways. However, some individuals become soobsessed with fulfilling their needs that they resort to negative behavior tosatisfy them.In particular, needs for affiliation, achievement, and power often motivatepeople to excel, but some people overdo it. In trying to meet these needs, theywaste time doing the wrong things.Examples of ways people use negative behavior to satisfy needs:NeedBehaviorAffiliation x Crave affection.x Reluctant to make demands.x Neglect responsibilities to help others.x Spend time socializing or doing favors to win acceptance.Achievement x Want all their work to be perfect.x Become indispensable and work to exhaustion.x Do everything themselves.x Spend lots of time seeking visibility.Power x Use power as a weapon or reward.x Micro-manage to maintain control.x Hoard information for self-protection.x Spend time acquiring and consolidating power.InhibitionsPressures of everyday life can cause anxiety, borne of frustration, failure, orinsecurity. If people can't bear anxiety, they may become reluctant to act orvictimized by fears.Examples of fears: x The unknown.x Failure.x Success.x Rejection.x Taking risks.x Making demands.NRDC GRC – Staff Handbook 3-12