• How do needs, values, goals, and strengths reframe how we motivate and engage learners?
• What are the things that actually drain motivation for students in the classroom and at home?
• How can teachers build better Regulation, Resources, and Relationships for students in their classrooms?

About This Guest, Stephen de Groot

Stephen has spent his career focused on one central idea: helping people get to better. As president and co-founder of Brivia, he has worked with more than 300 organizations across 12 countries and presented to more than 50,000 people worldwide. 

His experience spans an unusually wide range of environments, from working with at-risk youth, gang members, and correctional institutions to coaching CEOs, military leaders, and professionals in sectors such as mining, healthcare, law, and business.

A former adjunct professor of human behaviour theory, de Groot is the author of Getting to Better: A New Model for Elevating Human Potential at Work and in Life,  which reached the Top 3 on Amazon Canada’s Hot New Releases in Business Leadership, as well as the Top 100 in Interpersonal Relations, Leadership, and Management.

Connect with Stephen De Groot

• on LinkedIn, 
• on Instagram @StephendeGrootOfficial, and
• at his website, gettingtobetter.com.

Timestamps from This Episode

• 1:47 – How Getting to Better connects with the classroom
• 2:51 – How the Core 4 Dimensions motivate learners
• 4:52 – Universal truths about human motivation
• 8:01 – Educators need to feel safe, significant, and situated
• 10:06 – What drains student motivation
• 13:01 – How to build greater resilience in students
• 15:37 – How to manage stress as an educator
• 17:21 – A helpful daily practice for principals
• 18:48 – How and where to connect with Stephen online

Song Track Credit: Tropic Fuse by French Fuse – retrieved from the YouTube Audio Library.