Frameworks

Our growing library is designed to help you sharpen your career focus, strengthen your leadership profile, manage your team better, and be ready for your next job search.

Frameworks & Infographics Categories

Frameworks & Infographics Categories

Framework or Infographic Tags

Framework or Infographic Tags

BSQ Framework

The BSQ Framework helps you clarify your goals by examining the Bigger picture, defining a Smaller focus, and identifying the Questions that guide your next steps.

Cognitive Behavioral Theory

The Cognitive Behavioral Theory illustrates the cyclical relationship between our situations, thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and physical sensations.

Broaden-and-Build Theory

The Broaden-and-Build Theory explains how cultivating positive emotions can expand your mindset, build psychological resources, and enhance overall mental fitness.

Virtual Distance Model

The Virtual Distance Model is a framework that identifies three types of distance—physical, operational, and affinity—that contribute to challenges in remote work.

Media Richness Theory

The Media Richness Theory suggests that the effectiveness of a communication medium depends on its ability to convey information, with face-to-face communication being the richest and text-based communication being the leanest.

Gallup Q12 Engagement Framework

The Gallup Q12 Engagement Framework is a pyramid model with four levels: Basic Needs (Q1-Q2), Individual Contributions (Q3-Q6), Teamwork (Q7-Q10), and Growth (Q11-Q12), with each level listing the specific questions used to measure employee engagement.

he Theory of Basic Human Values

This framework identifies ten universal human values that guide decision-making, behaviors, and goal-setting across cultures.

The VIA Classification of Character Strengths

This classification organizes 24 positive traits into six virtue categories, highlighting the qualities that contribute to individual and collective flourishing.

Seven Levels of Consciousness

This model maps personal, organizational, and societal development across seven levels, from basic survival needs to selfless service for the common good.

Two-Factor Theory

The Two-Factor Theory distinguishes between “motivators” that lead to job satisfaction (such as achievement and recognition) and “hygiene factors” that prevent dissatisfaction (including salary and working conditions).

The Job Characteristics Model

A model that illustrates how core job characteristics lead to psychological states, resulting in positive work outcomes like high intrinsic motivation and job satisfaction.

Goldilocks Zone

The Goldilocks Zone illustrates that optimal motivation and engagement occur when tasks are neither too easy (leading to boredom) nor too difficult (leading to failure), but just right in terms of challenge.

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