Primal Management

Paul Herr starts from the premise that workplace motivation is biological before it is ever managerial. Primal Management argues that a handful of deep social drives, among them the urge to belong, to master a skill and to be treated fairly, explain far more about team performance than most management frameworks are willing to admit. Behavioural science sits alongside workplace examples and a set of practices for measuring and lifting engagement. The recommendations are concrete enough to test in a real team: how feedback gets delivered, how work is divided, how progress is made visible to the people doing it. Reasons to pick it up: • Grounds management advice in behavioural science • Identifies core social drives behind engagement • Practical steps for feedback and team structure • Written for managers and human resources practitioners For team leaders, business owners and management students, available through Boipoka.