Success Story

Our success story in Chapter 2 Maxine Peake:  You can find out more about Maxine on:

Instagram: betteblavatsky

Twitter: MPeakeOfficial

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0668845/

Characters and organisations featured in the chapter

Thomas Edison: https://www.thomasedison.org/

Nadia Comaneci (1976 Montreal Olympics): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi_5xbd5xdE

Michael Jordan (Nike advert): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA7G7AV-LT8

Kathy Sullivan: https://www.whitehouse.gov/pcast/members/kathryn-sullivan/

Michael Phelps (Speedo contract) : https://www.chiefmarketer.com/speedo-strikes-endorsement-deal-with-michael-phelps/

Studies discussed

A mastery climate increases feelings of competence, self-esteem, persistence, happiness & morality: Harwood, C. G., Keegan, R. J., Smith, J. M., & Raine, A. S. (2015). A systematic review of the intrapersonal correlates of motivational climate perceptions in sport and physical activity. Psychology of Sport and Exercise18, 9-25.

Organization where staff worked entirely on commission, saw 75% of employees leave within a year: Deci, E. L., Olafsen, A. H., & Ryan, R. M. (2017). Self-determination theory in work organizations: The state of a science. Annual review of organizational psychology and organizational behavior4, 19-43.

As many as 82 per cent of adults have felt imposter syndrome at some point in their careers and it has been found harmful to career progression: Bravata, D. M., Watts, S. A., Keefer, A. L., Madhusudhan, D. K., Taylor, K. T., Clark, D. M., … & Hagg, H. K. (2020). Prevalence, predictors, and treatment of impostor syndrome: a systematic review. Journal of General Internal Medicine35(4), 1252-1275.