"Keep the mojo in your business"

Mojo Maintenance
Margie Ireland
Founder
C-I-T
• A quality that attracts people to you and makes you successful
and full of energy
Cambridge
• A power that may seem magical and that allows someone to be
very effective, successful, etc.
Meriam Webster
• The word originally means a charm or a spell. But now its more
commonly said meaning sex appeal or talent.
"I can get any girl if I just use a bit of the old mojo"
“Man, that girl has MOJO!"
"God help me, I think I've lost my mojo!”
Urban Dictionary
Who do you know who has
Mojo?
• High on Purpose
• Goal/Action oriented
Mojo
At Work
• Self-Belief
• Resilient
• Determined
• Influential
• Impactful
• Successful
“Psychological Empowerment”
What decreases PE & Mojo?
• Toxic Leadership
• Ambiguous Job Roles
• Low Self-efficacy (skills, support, resources)
• Unhealthy coping strategies
• Disconnection from Values
• Negative Self-Talk
2015 Research
• 15 Australian based Male CEOs
• Self-Belief
• Work Goals
Intervention: For Negative Self-Talk
Negative Self- Talk
• Intrusive negative thoughts are
experienced by 80-99% of the nonclinical population
• These are defined as a distinct
experience that is unwanted,
unintended, and recurrent.
• Negative thoughts can disrupt
performance and are difficult to
control
Moving Towards and Moving Away Worksheet
5Ksenses
Anyone could see these taste, touch,
see, hear, smell
3. Write down how you copewhen
4. Write down some small acts you could
you have these thoughts, feelings,
do that would move you towards this
urges, and/or bodily sensations
(e.g., eat, drink, watch tv, withdraw,
value you chose. Don't forget to think
argue)
small.
Away
Towards
2. Write down what gets in the way of
acting towards this value (thoughts,
emotions, urges, bodily sensations)?
1. Write down the value you
chose
here and briefly say why this value
matters to you.
Mental Experience (only we can see these)
thoughts, emotions, motivations, concerns
The Matrix from Kevin Polk and Jerold Hambright
Maintain Your Mojo
 Understand what your Values are at Work
 Work in environments that encourage you to work towards
these
 Develop healthy coping strategies during times of stress
 Be kind to yourself when you don’t
Focus on your Values!
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