Apply the six$-$step motivation process shown in Figure $5-1$ to a need in your own life $($e$.$g$.,$ need to secure a job, need to improve your grades$).$

Assume that you are the CEO of a midsize company that needs to increase employee retention and productivity. Based on the theories in this section and the text's discussion of money as a motivator, what sorts of payment$/$bonus strategies and benefits would you focus on providing or improving? Why?

Think of a time you were not motivated to do something $($to not study, work out, search for a job, etc.$).$ How would you explain this lack of motivation in farms of expectancy theory? What could be a weakness of using expectancy theory to explain one's motivation?