This is the starting point for a collection of management equations.

Whilst I am not a fan of them from an acacemic / rigourous truth perspective, what I do appreciate as a coach and facilitator, is their capacity to create reflection that hopefully leads to positive action.

At this stage I will organise as a list, but will look to see how to better structure these going forward.

I am placing these with the more recent at the top, which is the opposite way to how I have the Canvas Collection set up.

5 – Innovation equation

Developed by Byrd & Byrd and described in their book “The innovation equation”, this equation seems pretty simple, yet is very powerful: Innovation = Creativity x Risk Taking. For more information head over to HERE.

4 – Performance Equation (another one)

Whetten & Cameron in their book “Developing management skills” (2011) suggest that performance depends on ability and motivation and that neither on there own is sufficient. Therefore their equation is Performance = Ability x Motivation

3 – Performance Equation

Developed by JCA global, a consultancy focused on emotional intelligence, this is their perspective on performance. Their equation is simply: Personality x EI = Performance.

• Personality includes our temperament and preferences and these are relatively stable and enduring. If we understand our style we can better connect to others. We can measure this, though it is harder to change.
• EI is how we manage personality to be personally and interpersonally effective. We can also measure and develop this.
• Performance is the combination of the two and we can use our EI to influence how we work and work with others.

2 – Happiness Equation

I found this whilst reading THIS article on the Entrepreneur website. Its headline grabbed me: “This Former Google Exec Shares Why Leaders Get Happiness Wrong and Why Meditation No Longer Makes Sense“. The exec in question is Mo Gawdat. The article is worth a read!

Happiness = your perception of the events of your life – minus your expectations of how life should behave.

1 – The Change Equation

Source: Mentioned in “A manual of OD – The psychology of change” by Huffington et al