If you want your next company conference to create real momentum — not just motivation — it’s time to shift the focus from setting goals to defining the drivers behind them.
Because here’s the truth:
People don’t achieve goals because they should… they achieve goals because they’re emotionally driven to.
In the organisations I work with across the globe, I see it again and again — when leaders help their teams connect to their emotional drivers, they unlock a powerful force:
Unstoppable Velocity.
The unique combination of speed and direction that accelerates results faster, easier, and sooner than ever before.
And it all starts with understanding what’s truly driving your people — beyond KPIs, deadlines, and targets.
Why Defining Drivers Beats Just Setting Goals
Too often at conferences, we tell people what goals they should pursue:
- Bigger sales targets
- Higher customer satisfaction
- Faster product launches
But without tapping into the emotional engine inside each person, those goals feel like chores, not challenges.
They drain energy instead of sparking momentum.
That’s where GoalDrivers™ come in — a diagnostic tool I created after 29 years of helping more than 1.2 million people achieve their most important goals.
It identifies the eight emotional drivers that fuel people to perform at their peak, such as:
- Achievement
- Belonging
- Creativity
- Independence
- and more.
When people know their driver, they naturally set the right goals, stay committed longer, and achieve outcomes they didn’t think possible.
Driver-first goals create:
- Higher engagement
- Faster execution
- Stronger resilience under pressure
And when you harness that across an entire team or audience?
You don’t just create a better conference.
You create lasting behavioural change — the kind that transforms businesses.
The Cost of Skipping This Step
Here’s the brutal reality:
If you don’t help your people define their drivers, three things will happen:
- Momentum will fade fast after your conference.
- Only a fraction of people will take action consistently.
- The same issues will resurface six months later — disengagement, burnout, and missed targets.
Your conference is your once-a-year opportunity to reset energy, enthusiasm, and execution.
Make it count by helping your people understand themselves — before you ask them to push harder, perform better, or aim higher.
How Defining Drivers Creates Unstoppable Velocity
When you help individuals define their personal drivers, you create what I call Unstoppable Velocity.
- Speed: They move faster because they’re emotionally invested.
- Direction: They focus sharper because their goals are aligned to what matters to them.
- Momentum: They build consistent wins because they feel fulfilled, not just obligated.
In a world full of distractions and uncertainty, Unstoppable Velocity is your people’s greatest competitive advantage — and your company’s secret weapon for sustainable success.
3 Action Steps to Unlock Your Team’s Potential
If you’re planning your next company conference (or even your next team offsite), here’s how to put this into action:
1. Start with Drivers, Not Just Goals
Before you roll out goals or strategies, help participants understand what emotionally drives them.
Use diagnostics like GoalDrivers™ to make this clear, quick, and powerful.
2. Connect Goals to Emotional Rewards
When setting goals, ask: “How does this goal connect to what drives me?”
When people see the link between goal achievement and emotional fulfilment, commitment skyrockets.
3. Create a Momentum Plan
Don’t leave motivation to chance.
Equip your people with simple, sustainable plans to build daily momentum — so that Unstoppable Velocity continues long after the conference ends.
Final Thoughts
If you want your next company conference to be more than just an event — if you want it to be a catalyst for lasting change —
then start by helping your people define their drivers.
Because when you align emotion with action, you don’t just motivate…
You ignite Unstoppable Velocity.
And that’s when the real magic happens — for your people, your teams, and your business.